[Ximian] launched the Mono project
[http://www.go-mono.com/]
"to create
an open source implementation of the [.NET] Development Framework.

Mono includes: a compiler for the [C#] language, a runtime for the
Common Language Infrastructure (also referred as the [CLR]) and a
set of class libraries.  . . ."

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[elfring] 2003-11-04 Would you like to see TCL on the page "Compilers for other languages" [http://go-mono.net/languages.html]?

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According to http://www.mono-project.com/ FAQ, Mono is basically a development
framework which provides a Unix developer the means to build and deploy
cross-platform .NET applications. It runs on various mainframe and desktop
platforms (such OSes as Linux, Solaris, MacOS X, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD,
Microsoft Windows, and HP-UX and hardwares such as 390s, SPARC, PowerPC, x86
(both 32 and 64 bit), IA64, ARM, and HP-PA).

Currently, the mono-project web site lists support of these languages:
   * Boo
   * C#
   * Component Pascal
   * Delta Forth
   * DotLisp
   * [Java]
   * [JavaScript]
   * Nemerle
   * [Oberon]
   * Object Pascal
   * [PHP]
   * [Python]
   * #Smalltalk
   * Visual Basic.NET

Other languages, like [Ruby], also have projects going on to incorporate support.

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