Re: Common Language Runtime

["Tim Prince" <tprince at computer dot org>]

How could there be such a thing as an ECMA instruction set?  Maybe a
system in accordance with Microsoft's submission of CLR to ECMA.  They
claim they have someone working on supporting this on linux, and they
will use all their muscle to prevent it from going free software, not
that many free software advocates would touch it with a 10 foot pole.
Besides, various types of free software licenses require distribution of
source code, whihc is far more useful than a CLR executable.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Ransom" <dransom@pacificcoast.net>
To: <gcc@gcc.gnu.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2001 5:06 PM
Subject: Common Language Runtime


>
> Is there any interest in supporting the ECMA instruction set?
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/net/ecma/default.asp
>
> I think it would be real cool to build  ECMA executables, even if the
other
> aspect of the common language runtim (aka Microsoft Commone Language
> runtime).  gcc produced executables would target gnu/linux interfaces
as
> normal rathar than the Microsoft Common Langauge Runtime), and some
sort of
> jit would be required.  This would really simplify the distribution of
> binaries.
>
> On my computer I would only need to install the jit in native code.
Other
> gnu binaries could be retrieved in ecma format.
>
> I don't think MS would be too pleased with the application, but it
would be
> cool.