New Mono release lets VB developers compile under Linux
The latest release of Mono, an open source implementation of Microsoft's .Net platform, bundles a Visual Basic compiler authored by Rolf Bjarne. The compiler -- itself written in Visual Basic -- will ease development and deployment of applications written in one of the most popular programing languages.
Visual Basic support in Mono isn't new. Past versions of Mono have bundled a VB runtime component that allows VB applications to run under Linux. Explaining the changes in the latest version, Mono 1.2.3, Miguel De Icaza, vice president of developer platforms at Novell and founder of the Mono project, says that "the runtime component has been updated to contain many missing features as part of our ongoing work using Moma, the Mono Migration Analyzer. This means that applications compiled on Windows would run on Mono."
While this will help users run their VB applications under Linux, the bigger news, De Icaza says, is the inclusion of the compiler.
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They're not trying to fool anybody...
In my GUI class, we use Visual Basic. However, I only run Slackware on my computer. The Mono project opens up avenues for me to develop my applications on the OS of my choice, since I don't have a choice in the programming language.
In my case, we're developing ASP web applications. My program is actually graded on a Windows 2003 Server running IIS. If I ever get Mono compiled and running, I won't have to wait for my roommate to finish his project so I can work on mine.
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Ubuntu is lame as a duck- not the metaphorical lame duck, but more like a real duck that hurt its leg, maybe by stepping on a land mine.
Is that how they do it?
I wasn't aware they were bundling the interpreter on a per-program basis.
I'll have to check in that, assuming I can get the new release to build and run on my machine.
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Ubuntu is lame as a duck- not the metaphorical lame duck, but more like a real duck that hurt its leg, maybe by stepping on a land mine.