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Re: Microsoft Open Sources C# Compiler

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Post by iamthepieman » Thu, Apr 03, 2014, 4:59 PM UTC

For the first time in a long time I'm excited to be developing with Microsoft technologies.

Re: Microsoft Open Sources C# Compiler

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Post by candl » Thu, Apr 03, 2014, 4:59 PM UTC

yulaow wrote: post #8

cwt137 wrote: post #3

What does this mean for the Mono project? http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page

Miguel showed personally on stage they integrated it in mono (in a version that, obviously, at the moment is not out there)

Yep, he's compiled on stage an IOS app with a version of Mono that had Roslyn integration.

Re: Microsoft Open Sources C# Compiler

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Post by msteinert » Thu, Apr 03, 2014, 5:01 PM UTC

keithwarren wrote: post #6

They also announced as part of this that they are putting a large swatch of their .NET Source code under Apache 2 and accepting pull requests. Folks, this is a very big deal for Microsoft. Who would have imagined this 10 years ago? Here is an image that shows what they are putting into the community https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BkT9oBcCQAAHIAV.jpg:large

Thanks for the link! It looks like the same information is also here:

http://www.dotnetfoundation.org/

Re: Microsoft Open Sources C# Compiler

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Post by sirkneeland » Thu, Apr 03, 2014, 5:03 PM UTC

keithwarren wrote: post #6

They also announced as part of this that they are putting a large swatch of their .NET Source code under Apache 2 and accepting pull requests. Folks, this is a very big deal for Microsoft. Who would have imagined this 10 years ago? Here is an image that shows what they are putting into the community https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BkT9oBcCQAAHIAV.jpg:large

Who would have imagined it 5 years ago?

Re: Microsoft Open Sources C# Compiler

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Post by cwyers » Thu, Apr 03, 2014, 5:03 PM UTC

sirkneeland wrote: post #14

keithwarren wrote: post #6

They also announced as part of this that they are putting a large swatch of their .NET Source code under Apache 2 and accepting pull requests. Folks, this is a very big deal for Microsoft. Who would have imagined this 10 years ago? Here is an image that shows what they are putting into the community https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BkT9oBcCQAAHIAV.jpg:large

Who would have imagined it 5 years ago?

Who would have imagined it five months ago?

Re: Microsoft Open Sources C# Compiler

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Post by imarihantnahata » Thu, Apr 03, 2014, 5:03 PM UTC

May be in the next few years, Microsoft will be one of the biggest players in OpenSource :)

Re: Microsoft Open Sources C# Compiler

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Post by Locke1689 » Thu, Apr 03, 2014, 5:04 PM UTC

Everyone on Roslyn is really excited about this and we hope that it serves as a signal that big things are happening in .NET to make the entire platform more open and agile!

P.S. We're the Visual Basic compiler too :)

Re: Microsoft Open Sources C# Compiler

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Post by AaronFriel » Thu, Apr 03, 2014, 5:04 PM UTC

level wrote: post #7

cwt137 wrote: post #3

What does this mean for the Mono project? http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page

This is still Windows only. If anything Mono now has more resources to pull from to improve their project.

Not true - there was an on-stage demo in MonoDevelop on OS X.

Re: Microsoft Open Sources C# Compiler

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Post by Pxtl » Thu, Apr 03, 2014, 5:05 PM UTC

As a C# developer who genuinely likes the C# language (although I loathe vast swaths of the .NET framework libs) I'm actually super-excited about this.

C# is a great language, and I hope to see it flourish outside of the MS walled garden. Miguel de Icaza does what he can with Mono, but it can be so much more.

Re: Microsoft Open Sources C# Compiler

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Post by ygra » Thu, Apr 03, 2014, 5:05 PM UTC

cwyers wrote: post #15

sirkneeland wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Who would have imagined it 5 years ago?

Who would have imagined it five months ago?

They open-sourced a lot of things related to .NET in the recent years. That Roslyn was to join those things doesn't exactly come as a surprise. It's still welcome, though.