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Re: Microsoft Open Sources C# Compiler

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Post by Locke1689 » Thu, Apr 03, 2014, 5:06 PM UTC

candl wrote: post #12

yulaow wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

And Roslyn is 100% Apache 2, so he didn't need our assistance or permission to do any of what we demoed (although we were glad to give it!).

Re: Microsoft Open Sources C# Compiler

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Post by mythz » Thu, Apr 03, 2014, 5:06 PM UTC

cwt137 wrote: post #3

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

Miguel just demo'ed building a C# iOS app using a modified Roslyn-powered C# compiler with Xamarin Studio on OSX.

Re: Microsoft Open Sources C# Compiler

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Post by Pxtl » Thu, Apr 03, 2014, 5:06 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

... as awesome as this is, I'm gonna be That Guy:

No WPF?

Re: Microsoft Open Sources C# Compiler

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Post by yulaow » Thu, Apr 03, 2014, 5:06 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?

At that moment they already released part of .NET, asp.net and azure.

I think you wanted to say that the "change" was made only thanks to the exit of Ballmer, but I think that's an exaggeration.

Re: Microsoft Open Sources C# Compiler

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Post by Xdes » Thu, Apr 03, 2014, 5:07 PM UTC

sergiotapia wrote: post #10

Microsoft, you're seducing me again. I cheated on you with Ruby and Rails development a couple of years ago, but you're making me consider coming back in full swing. Competition is great for everybody and Microsoft is making all the right moves!

If you like Sinatra then check out Nancy.

Re: Microsoft Open Sources C# Compiler

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Post by keithwarren » Thu, Apr 03, 2014, 5:07 PM UTC

Pxtl wrote: post #23

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

... as awesome as this is, I'm gonna be That Guy: No WPF?

WPF is more or less owned by the Windows team. This is all stuff under Scott Guthrie's control

Re: Microsoft Open Sources C# Compiler

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Post by ygra » Thu, Apr 03, 2014, 5:07 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.

It's a compiler. It takes input and produces output. There shouldn't be much in there that has any platform dependency.

Re: Microsoft Open Sources C# Compiler

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Post by CmonDev » Thu, Apr 03, 2014, 5:07 PM UTC

sergiotapia wrote: post #10

Microsoft, you're seducing me again. I cheated on you with Ruby and Rails development a couple of years ago, but you're making me consider coming back in full swing. Competition is great for everybody and Microsoft is making all the right moves!

It's a great time to be a Microsoft dev. They stopped pretending that Windows will win back the lost ground overnight.

Re: Microsoft Open Sources C# Compiler

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Post by nbevans » Thu, Apr 03, 2014, 5:08 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?

Quite a lot of people actually. These moves have been on the cards for years. Just waiting now for the next big move in the coming months of when they acquire Xamarin.

Re: Microsoft Open Sources C# Compiler

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Post by cwyers » Thu, Apr 03, 2014, 5:09 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?

yulaow, clearly the lead-time on a lot of this stuff is longer than Ballmer's been gone, so yeah, not fair to put all this on his departure. "Five months" was a pithy play off "five years," nothing more or less than that.