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pjmlp on May 10, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: The .NET Native Tool-Chain

> Yeah, the MDIL thing sounds like it could have been an LLVM IR derivative.

It comes from the Singularity OS compiler toolchain, which is older than LLVM.

It is also used to deploy .NET applications as native code on Windows Phone 8 devices.

gsnedders on May 10, 2014 [–]

LLVM goes back to 2003, and Sing# is based on Spec# which is only 2004?

pjmlp on May 10, 2014 | [–]

The Wikipedia mentions 2003 and we can assume there was already work going on before.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singularity_%28operating_system...

Although the first published papers are indeed from 2004.

gsnedders on May 10, 2014 | | [–]

Work on LLVM started in 2000, FWIW.

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