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What language is Visual Studio written in? What language is the .NET infrastructure in? I don't think Microsoft has ever produced any self-hosting language ex
by gcr 12y ago
What language is Visual Studio written in?
What language is the .NET infrastructure in?
I don't think Microsoft has ever produced any self-hosting language except C/C++. Until that fact changes, C/C++ will still be around.
- pjmlp 12y ago> What language is Visual Studio written in? C++, C#, VB.NET and F# > What language is the .NET infrastructure in? C++, C#, VB.NET and F# > I don't think Microsoft has ever produced any self-hosting language except C/C++. Until that fact changes, C/C++ will still be around. QuickBasic, QuickPascal You don't need C and C++ to bootstrap a compiler. Ever. I only started to use C for real when I started to work with Xenix. EDIT: This myth that one needs C or C++ to write compilers needs to fade away. EDIT2: C# 6 and VB.NET 6 are self-hosting, and while .NET Native plugs into VC++ backend, they can eventually choose another backend.
- yohanatan 12y agoNot true. The F# compiler is self-hosting as is the C# compiler. See: https://github.com/fsharp/fsharp https://github.com/fsharp/fsharp & https://roslyn.codeplex.com/ https://roslyn.codeplex.com/