mono/web/languages

* Compilers for other languages

	Here are some other free compilers for other languages that
	target .NET and should work with Mono with no problem:

	<ul>
		* <a href="#ComponentPascal">Component Pascal</a>
		* <a href="#MonoLogo">MonoLogo</a>
		* <a href="#Oberon">Oberon</a>
		* <a href="#Forth">Forth</a>
	</ul>

	Languages we would like to have supported, with links to resources:

	<ul>
		* <a href="#JavaScript">Java Script</a>
		* <a href="#java.html">Java</a>
		* <a href="#c">C</a>
	</ul>

	Some experimental languages:

	<ul>
		* <a href="#Tachy">Tachy</a> (scheme-like)
	</ul>

<a name="Java">
** Java

	There is a very interesting project to make a JavaVM for .NET
	<a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0109845/">here</a>


<a name="MonoLogo">
** MonoLogo

	An implementation of Logo for Mono (and .NET)

	The <A href="http://monologo.sf.net">Mono Logo</a> compiler is
	hosted in the <a href="ccvs.html">Mono CVS</a> repository
	and also available on the <a href="anoncvs.html">AnonCVS</a> mirrors.

<a name="Oberon">
** Oberon

	This Oberon compiler is written in Oberon.NET (another self
	hosting compiler).

	The main site <a href="http://www.oberon.ethz.ch/oberon.net/">http://www.oberon.ethz.ch/oberon.net/</a>

	Download:
	<a href="http://www.oberon.ethz.ch/oberon.net/download/">http://www.oberon.ethz.ch/oberon.net/download/</a>

	Examples:
	<a href="http://www.oberon.ethz.ch/oberon.net/examples/">http://www.oberon.ethz.ch/oberon.net/examples/</a>


	<a href="http://www.superin.formativ.net/mono/oberon/oberon.zip">http://www.superin.formativ.net/mono/oberon/oberon.zip</a>

<a name="ComponentPascal">
** Component Pascal

	The Component Pascal compiler: <a
	href="http://www2.fit.qut.edu.au/CompSci/PLAS/ComponentPascal">Home
	Page</a>, you can <a
	href="http://www2.fit.qut.edu.au/CompSci/PLAS/ComponentPascal/gpcp1.1.4-netRTM.zip">
	download it</a>
	
<a name="Forth">
** Delta Forth

   	 The Delta Forth.NET project: <a 
	 href="www.dataman.ro/dforth">Home
	 Page</a> and <a href="http://www.dataman.ro/dforth/index.html">more
	 details here</a>.
	 

<a name="Tachy">
** Tachy

	A subset of Scheme language called <a
	href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0101156/stories/2002/03/19/tachy.html">Tachy</a>

* Missing languages

	Here is a list of a few languages that we would like to see
	supported.  We will try to maintain a set of links here with 
	technical information for those interested in porting,
	implementing or adapting a compiler for any of these
	languages:

<a name="JavaScript">
* Java Script

	The Mozilla project has an implementation of JavaScript
	written in Java called <a
	href="http://www.mozilla.org/rhino/">Rhino</a>.

	You could port this code from Java to C#.

	Note that since JavaScript allows for evaluation at runtime,
	the compiler has to be built as a class that can be invoked at
	runtime.

<a name="c">
* C

	Ideally GCC could be modified to generate CIL, but it is a 
	big task.  That would give us various compilers in one pass.

	<a href="http://www.cs.princeton.edu/software/lcc">LCC</a> 4.2
	has been recently released.  This release adds support for compiling
	ANSI C programs to CIL.  Note that the CIL support only works on Win32
	right now, but should be easy to convert to Mono/other architectures.

	LCC is not an open source compiler, but it is free as long as you
	do not profit from selling it. 

<a name="Java">
* Java

	We have a <a href="java.html">separate page</a> for Java.