I'm curious what those on the list think of the "Compiler as a Service" that is theoretically targeting the next version of C# 5.0 (Non-confirmed) and if you think Java would benefit from such a direction.
----- *MD:* Is Microsoft still heading toward its vision of the "compiler as a service" for future versions of the C# compiler? *LF:* Yes, very much so. "Compiler as a service" is a project in which we're re-writing the C# compiler in C#. In the process, we're opening up the compiler and exposing managed API's, so that you can query the compiler for information that was previously hidden behind a "black box." This change will enable several scenarios, including a richer language object model to support third-party extensions, the creation of a Read-Eval-Print-Loop, DSL embedding, and the ability to host C# in other contexts. We started on this project a couple of years ago, and plan to ship it in a future release, yet to be determined. It is a huge undertaking, and will take some time still to complete. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
