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Using other languages under MONO

Haruki Watanabe
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Join date: 28 Mar 2007
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09-04-2008 04:54
So it's been said that we could use languages like C# under MONO... fine... but... how do I tell the engine what language I use? Do I have to add some extra code at the beginning of the script, or do I simply use the other language?

And: can I use something else than C#? I saw that mono should be able to even compile PHP-Scripts... that'd be wonderful... (actually, too good to be true, I guess...)

And: when using stuff like C#, Javascript and others, I'd be able to use Arrays, right? If that's true, I'd switch to C# (or whatever's possible) IMMEDIATELY! :)

Thanks for sheding some light on that...
Georg Stonewall
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09-04-2008 05:09
At the moment it is not possible to use other language then LSL.
It is positively possible to compile other language like C# with mono, but SL don't understand other then LSL at the moment. Maybe we get it in the future.
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Haruki Watanabe
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09-04-2008 09:45
damn - I thought that's why everyone's so excited about MONO... :(
Meade Paravane
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09-04-2008 09:54
Nope.. People were/are excited because mono is a big first step towards getting other languages and because it's supposed to perform so much better.
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Haruki Watanabe
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09-04-2008 13:54
well - I wait for the «giant leap for mankind», then :)

Besides: I love it... it performs great and the memory increase is wonderful...
Squirrel Wood
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Join date: 14 Jun 2006
Posts: 471
09-05-2008 05:13
LL has indeed managed to get a C# script to work. But they had to pull quite a number of tricks to do it.

So right now it IS possible but not in an easy, user friendly way. And not through the client.