Re: .NET Managed Extensions

[Joel Sherrill <joel dot sherrill at OARcorp dot com>]

Steven Bosscher wrote:
> 
> Op wo 16-01-2002, om 01:04 schreef Joe Buck:
> > > Are you planning of introducing .NET Managed Extensions to g++ ??
> >
> > No.
> >
> > That doesn't mean that if someone should implement this feature it
> > wouldn't be accepted, but as far as I know, no one is working on it.
> >
> > I suppose you could ask the GNU Mono people if they are looking at this.
> >
> 
> It's _Ximian_ Mono :)   DotGNU is the GNU .NET project.
> 
> Both have developed their own C# compiler:
> - the Mono comiler is written in C#.  It compiled itself a couple of
> weeks ago.
> - the DotGNU compiler is written in C and can be compiled with GCC.
> 
> Both projects indicate that they would like to integrate their compiler
> in GCC (see their FAQ and contributing pages).
> 
> The problem is that GCC's internal representation (RTL) was designed to
> create code for register based CPU's.  C# (and Java) compilers create
> byte code code for stack-based abstract machines (GJC has its own,
> separate back end for creating byte code).
> 
> See question 2.4 in the Portable.NET FAQ:
> http://www.southern-storm.com.au/pnet_faq.htm

I think that should be:

http://www.southern-storm.com.au/pnet_faq.html

Notice the trailing "l".  No big deal. :)

> Greetz
> Steven

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