--- Colin JN Breame <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michal Moskal wrote: > <snip>
> > > Not that I'm an expert, but the 'common' parts would > probably be > something like: > - a shared symbol table > - shared intermediate representation (does mcs or > the vb compiler use an > intermediate representation? how about ironpython > and nemerle?) > - shared error reporting mechnism > <snip> All sounds very good to me. Again, however, my question has to be this: Are we trying to build a better compiler system for .NET compatible languages than the one MS has, or are we trying to build a cross-platform compiler that has similar (hopefully the same) features as the MS compilers? I assert the latter. If we want to build a compiler that has all kinds of neat features that the MS compiler doesn't have, that's fine, but I think it should be separate from mcs proper, as mcs proper should "act like" the MS compiler insofar as that is possible. Kelly _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list