Microsoft Small Basic is a project that is aimed at making computer programming accessible to beginners. The project comprises a simple programming language that gathers inspiration from the original BASIC programming language; a modern and attractive programming environment; and rich, extensible libraries. Together they make programming fun for kids and adults alike.
IronRuby is a Open Source implementation of the Ruby programming language for .NET, heavily relying on Microsoft’s Dynamic Language Runtime.
IronRuby passes approximately 80% of RubySpec, the best test suite Ruby has today. IronRuby is best at language compatibility, passing 95% of those tests, but worse on the standard libraries with a pass-rate of 77%. Overall the pass-rate as gone up approximately 10% since the last release.
Vault is a prototype programming language created at Microsoft Research. It’s a safe version of the C programming language, with features to record and enforce usage rules associated with interfaces. The rules control the order in which the interface’s functions may be called and its data accessed.
Now you can write your own compiler for the Microsoft® .NET Framework. There are hundreds of compilers for dozens of languages that target the .NET Framework. The .NET CLR wrangles these languages into the same sandpit to play and interact together peacefully.
In this article, I will walk you through the code for a compiler written in C# (aptly called the "Good for Nothing" compiler), and along the way I will introduce you to the high-level architecture, theory, and .NET Framework APIs that are required to build your own .NET compiler. I will start with a language definition, explore compiler architecture, and then walk you through the code generation subsystem that spits out a .NET assembly. The goal is for you to understand the foundations of compiler development and get a firm, high-level understanding of how languages target the CLR efficiently.
The Microsoft “Oslo” Language Specification is the authoritative source for “M” grammar and syntax. It contains detailed information about all aspects of the language.
The “Oslo” Modeling Language (commonly referred to as "M") is a language for defining domain models and languages (the latter are often referred to as textual DSLs). "M" was created to allow developers to efficiently capture their intention in a form that is natural to author but also efficient to store and query using off-the-shelf database technology.
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