Re: IronPHP 0.0.1: A PHP Compiler for Mono (and .NET)

Please do not use the name 'PHP' in the name of your product. We'd prefer you use a different name under the terms of PHP license. On Sun, 13 Feb 2005, Ross Girshick wrote: > I'm pleased to announce the first release of IronPHP [1]. IronPHP is a > PHP compiler for the Mono (and .NET) platform. > > The goals of IronPHP are: > > * Compatibility with PHP 5 > * Speed and efficiency: let's beat the C version > * Portability: run where ever Mono runs > * Extend PHP to allow access to .NET assemblies > > The first release can compile a portion of the procedural subset of > PHP 5. IronPHP is still at an experimental stage and undergoing heavy > development. Don't expect much beyond the bare basics to work. My > immediate goal in releasing it is to get some more hands involved in > the project. > > I'm presently working on the 0.0.2 release which will feature a new > lexical scanner (rewritten from scratch) and a jay based parser > (instead of the hand coded recursive descent parser). If you're > interested in joining the IronPHP effort please read the NOTES and > TODO in the tarball. > > This is the first release and I want to bring it to the attention of > interested parties. Thus I've cross-posted it to the PHP internals and > the Mono developer's list. Please respect those lists and direct > further comments and discussions to the IronPHP developer's list [2]. > Thanks. > > > > Ross Girshick > > [1] http://ironphp.sf.net > [2] ironphp-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php - Andrei