The version of Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll and vbc compiler, which shipped with .NET 2.0 ,and with VisualStudio 2005, is version 8. (to be exact its 8.0.50727.42)
Rafael -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Miguel de Icaza Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 18:27 To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Mono-dev] Visual Basic upgrade. Hello, > I also forgot to mention, the new VB Runtime written in VB already > has many 2.0 features implemented as well. A few folks have asked me if I really meant VB 9. Apparently I got the naming wrong, I mean the VB that ships with VS 2005. > > Hello, > > > > In the next couple of days, I will remove mbas, the Visual Basic > > runtime and the various other incomplete forks of mbas that we have on > > the mcs tree from the tree as they are outdated, no longer under > > development, unmaintained and buggy. > > > > We will replace this with two new components: > > > > * Mainsosft's new fresh VB runtime. > > > > This fresh VB runtime was written by Rafael Mizrahi and Boris Kirzner > > completely in VB.NET. The code also contains two extensive test > > suites: a C# based test suite for low-level components and it consumes > > plenty of VB tests from the current runtime, compilers and the new vbc > > from Rolf Bjarne. > > > > * Rolf's VB.NET compiler written in VB.NET. > > > > Rolf Bjarne has been working on a VB.NET 9 compiler written in VB.NET > > itself, which is a very good test for the qualities of his compiler. > > > > This compiler is very close to bootstrapping and it is also able to > > build these new class libraries (it can compile itself, and is missing > > one tiny feature: embedding resources, to be self-hosting) > > > > Rolf effort is partially funded by Google Summer of Code program. > > > > Miguel. -- Miguel de Icaza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Novell, Inc. _______________________________________________ Mono-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-devel-list _______________________________________________ Mono-vb mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-vb
