.NET_languages

.NET languages

Contents

1 CLI languages

2 Related

3 See also

4 References

5 External links

CLI Languages are computer programming languages that are used to produce libraries and programs that conform to the Common Language Infrastructure specifications. With some notable exceptions, most CLI languages compile entirely to the Common Intermediate Language, an intermediate language that can be executed using an implementation of the Common Language Runtime such as Microsoft .NET Framework, Mono, or Portable.NET.

As the program is being executed by the CLR, the CIL code is compiled and cached, just in time, to the machine code appropriate for the architecture on which the program is running. This last set can be shortcut manually and cached at an earlier stage using an "ahead of time" compiler such as Microsoft's ngen.exe and Mono's "-aot" option.

CLI languages

Common CLI Languages

C#: Most widely used CLI language, bearing similarities to C++ and Java. Implementations provided by .NET Framework, Portable.NET and Mono.
C++/CLI: A version of C++ including extensions for using CLR objects. Implementation provided only .NET Framework. Can produce either CIL-based managed code or mixed-mode code that mixes both managed code as well as native code. The compiler is provided by Microsoft.
F#: A multi-paradigm CLI language supporting functional programming as well as imperative object-oriented programming disciplines. Variant of ML and is largely compatible with OCaml. The compiler provided by Microsoft.
J#: A CLS-compliant implementation of Java. The compiler is provided by Microsoft. Microsoft has announced that J# will be discontinued.
Windows PowerShell: An object-oriented command line shell.
JScript.NET: A CLI implementation of ECMAScript version 3, compatible with JScript. Contains extensions for static typing. Deprecated in favor of Managed JScript.
IronPython: An open-source CLI implementation of Python, currently being re-designed to leverage the DLR.
IronRuby: An open-source CLI implementation of Ruby, built on top of the DLR.
Managed Extensions for C++: A version of C++ targeting the CLR. Deprecated in favor of C++/CLI.
Managed JScript: A CLI implementation of JScript built using the Dynamic Language Runtime. Conforms to ECMAScript version 3.
VBx: A dynamic version of VB.NET built on top of the Dynamic Language Runtime.
VB.NET: A redesigned, object-oriented dialect of Visual Basic. Implementations provided by .NET Framework and Mono.
A#: CLI implementation of Ada.
Boo: A statically typed CLI language, inspired by Python.
Cobra: A CLI language with both static as well as dynamic typing.
Chrome: An Object Pascal-based CLI language.
Component Pascal: A CLI language inspired by Pascal and Oberon.
IronLisp: A CLI implementation of Lisp. Deprecated in favor of IronScheme.
L#: A CLI implementation of Lisp.
Lexico: A didactic in Spanish object-oriented language.
Mondrian: A CLI based functional language designed to provide an easy way of scripting components.
Nemerle: A functional/imperative hybrid language similar to C#, Perl and Lisp.
P#: A CLI implementation of Prolog programming language
Phalanger: An implementation of the PHP programming language with extensions for ASP.NET
Phrogram: A custom CLI language for beginners and intermediate users. Formerly called KPL (Kids Programming Language) and produced by The Phrogram Company
PowerBuilder: Can target CIL since version 11.1.

Other CLI languages

#Smalltalk - a CLI implementation of the Smalltalk programming language
AVR.NET - a CLI implementation of the RPG programming language.
Active Oberon - a CLI implementation of the Oberon
APLNext - a CLI implementation of the APL programming language
Common Larceny- a CLI implementation of the Scheme programming language
Delphi.NET - a CLI language implementation of the Borland Delphi language.
Delta Forth .NET - a CLI implementation of the Forth programming language from Dataman
DotLisp - a CLI language inspired by the Lisp programming language
EiffelEnvision - a CLI implementation of the Eiffel programming language
Fortran .NET: Fortran compiling to .NET
Gardens Point Modula-2/CLR - an implementation of the Modula-2 programming language that can target CIL
Haskell for .NET - a CLI language inspired by the Haskell programming language
Haskell.net - an upcoming CLI language inspired by the Haskell programming language
Hugs for .NET - a CLI language inspired by the Haskell programming language
IronScheme - a R6RS compliant Scheme implementation based on parts of the Microsoft DLR (about 15% and shrinking)
LOLCode.NET - a CLI implementation of the LOLCODE language.
Mercury on .NET - an implementation of the Mercury programming language that can target CIL
Net Express - a CLI implementation of COBOL
NetCOBOL - a CLI implementation of COBOL
OxygenScheme - a CLI implementation of the Scheme programming language
S# - a CLI implementation of the Smalltalk programming language
IoNET - a CLI implementation of Io (programming language)
PL/IL - a CLI implementation of PL/I
sml.net - a CLI implementation of Standard ML
Wildcat Cobol - a CLI implementation of COBOL
X# - a CLI implementation of ASM developed for Cosmos. X# was also the codename for the XML-capabilities of Cω.

IKVM.NET: A CLR-based compiler for Java bytecode. Can be used to run Java and Groovy programs on the CLR.
Windows PowerShell: An object-oriented command line shell. Powershell can dynamically load .NET assemblies that were written in any language. Powershell itself uses a unique scripting syntax, uses curly-braces, similar to other C-based languages. The Powershell language is not formally a CLI language.