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Mono's MCS Compiles Itself On Linux

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the self-hosting-to-come dept.

thing12 writes "On Thursday Paolo Molaro announced that he had managed to build the MCS C# compiler using MCS. This is a big step forward for Mono, as it means that Mono is almost a self hosting environment."

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  1. Almost but not quite... by Linux+Freak · · Score: 5, Informative

    The release does mention that MCS could be compiled, but that the resultant executable immediately crashes. Close, but still more work is needed before this is really an exciting milestone.

    Kudos to the Mono team for the work they've done so far, however.

  2. Re:Self compiling and newbie Slashdot readers by anpe · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's a kind of proof that the compiler actually works
    Its also necessay step if you're creating your language from scratch. For more precisions try : comp.compilers

    For your abbreviation problem dry your tears and try http://www.everything2.com

  3. Re:One step at the time by Jabes · · Score: 5, Informative

    For those that don't understand the difference. Two months ago, the mcs was able to compile itself on Windows, using the Microsoft implementation of the framework (ie the core .net libraries).

    Now MCS is able to compile itself using the mono runtime.

    Hope this helps