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I must admit when Microsoft first introduced the .NET Framework and called .NET-code "language independent", I thought it was a bit of a grand statement and chu

by trezor 18y ago

I must admit when Microsoft first introduced the .NET Framework and called .NET-code "language independent", I thought it was a bit of a grand statement and chuckled away, since that pretty much involved C# and Visual Basic .NET. Right now I think even Microsoft is impressed with number of CLR compilers and level of support the .NET Runtime has gathered. You have C++, C#, Visual Basic, PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby, Cobol(!), LISP and the list just goes. And with Scheme now, it just got a little bit longer. I guess even among the open-source crowd there are significant numbers of people who recognizes the good products Microsoft delivers every now and then :)

jmatt 18y ago
Here is a mostly complete list of .NET languages. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.NET_languages http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.NET_languages For all those Python coders - IronPython is usable in production now. It's stable and the differences between cpython and ironpython are well documented.
- Daemmerung 18y ago
  And for Schemes on .NET, in addition to the listed Common Larceny (http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/will/Larceny/ http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/will/Larceny/) and IronScheme, there is also Bigloo (http://www-sop.inria.fr/mimosa/fp/Bigloo/ http://www-sop.inria.fr/mimosa/fp/Bigloo/). Common Larceny uses the pkcfm hack for its continuations, I believe, while Bigloo continuations are more like IronScheme's ("Bigloo discourages the use of call/cc" - from the manual). Disclaimer: I have personal experience with neither system.