SSCLI 2.0 Ready for Download
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Overview
The Common Language
Infrastructure (CLI) is the ECMA standard that describes the core of the .NET
Framework world. The Shared Source CLI is a compressed archive of the source
code to a working implementation of the ECMA CLI and the ECMA C# language
specification.
The current release builds and runs on Windows XP only.
It is released under a Shared Source initiative. It is released under a shared source
initiative. Please see the
accompanying license.
The Shared Source CLI
goes beyond the printed specification of the ECMA standards, providing a
working implementation for CLI developers to explore and understand. It will
be of interest to academics and researchers wishing to teach and explore
modern programming language concepts, and to .NET developers interested in how
the technology works.
Features
The Shared Source CLI archive
contains the following technologies in source code form:
- An
implementation of the runtime for the Common Language Infrastructure
(ECMA-335).
- Compilers that work with the
Shared Source CLI for C# (ECMA-334) and JScript.
- Development tools for working
with the Shared Source CLI such as assembler/disassemblers (ilasm, ildasm),
a debugger (cordbg), metadata introspection (metainfo), and other utilities.
- The
Platform Adaptation Layer (PAL) used to port the Shared Source CLI from
Windows XP to other platforms.
- Build environment tools
(nmake, build, and others).
- Test suites used to verify
the implementation.
- A
rich set of sample code and tools for working with the Shared Source CLI.
New in this
Release
- Full support for Generics.
- New
C# 2.0 features like Anonymous Methods, Anonymous Delegates and Generics
- BCL
additions.
- Lightweight Code Generation
(LCG).
- Stub-based dispatch.
- Numerous bug
fixes.
What can I do with the Shared Source CLI?
There is a wealth of programming language technology in the
Shared Source CLI. It is likely to be of interest to a wide audience,
including:
- Developers interested in the
internal workings of the .NET Framework can explore this implementation of
the CLI to see how garbage collection works, JIT compilation and
verification is handled, security protocols implemented, and the
organization of frameworks and virtual object systems.
- Teachers and researchers
doing work with advanced compiler technology. Research projects into
language extensions, JIT optimizations, and modern garbage collection all
have a basis in the Shared Source CLI. Modern compiler courses can be based
on the C# or JScript languages implemented on the CLI.
- People developing their own
CLI implementations will find the Shared Source CLI an indispensable guide
and adjunct to the ECMA standards.
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