A Sharp (.NET)

A#
Designed by	Dr. Martin C. Carlisle, Lt Col Ricky Sward, Maj Jeff Humphries
Developer	AdaCore
First appeared	2004 (2004)
Platform	Common Language Infrastructure
OS	Cross-platform
License	GNU General Public License
Website	www.asharp.martincarlisle.com

A# is a port of the Ada programming language to the Microsoft .NET platform. A# is freely distributed by the Department of Computer Science at the United States Air Force Academy as a service to the Ada community under the terms of the GNU General Public License.

AdaCore has taken over this development, and announced "GNAT for .NET", which is a fully supported .NET product with all of the features of A# and more.^[1]

References

↑ Cited by Martin Carlisle (USAFA) http://asharp.martincarlisle.com/ and see also http://www.adacore.com/2007/09/10/adacore-first-to-bring-true-net-integration-to-ada/

External links

A# for .NET
Ada Sharp .NET Programming environment

Common Language Infrastructure

Architecture

Application domain
Code Access Security
Common Intermediate Language (CIL)
- CIL instructions
Common Type System (CTS)
Platform Invocation Services (P/Invoke)
Virtual Execution System (VES)

Components

Standard
Libraries

Kernel Profile	Base Class Library (BCL) Runtime Infrastructure Library

Compact Profile	Network Library Reflection Library XML Library

Extended Array Library Extended Numerics Library Parallel Library Vararg Library

Implementations

Microsoft	.NET Framework .NET Compact Framework .NET Micro Framework Shared Source Common Language Infrastructure

Other	.NET Core Mono Portable.NET

Languages

Microsoft	C# Visual C# Visual Basic .NET C++/CLI Managed F# J# JScript .NET Windows PowerShell

Other	Axum A# Boo Cobra IronScheme IronLisp IronPython IronRuby Nemerle Oxygene Phalanger P# Scala

Comparison	C# and Java C# and Visual Basic .NET Java and .NET platforms Visual Basic and Visual Basic .NET

Organizations

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