[Mono-dev] Standard name for mcs

Russell Wallace russell.wallace at gmail.com
Sun Jun 27 13:36:57 EDT 2010


Yes, cc is an excellent analogy. And csc would definitely make sense,
except it seems to be already used for something else?

a at a-desktop:~$ csc
The program 'csc' is currently not installed.  You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install chicken-bin

On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 6:13 PM, Andreas Färber <andreas.faerber at web.de> wrote:
> Am 27.06.2010 um 18:37 schrieb Russell Wallace:
>
>> Would it be possible to define a command to run whatever the
>> latest/currently installed C# compiler is? It seems to me that command
>> should be mcs, but it doesn't really matter what it is, as long as it
>> works reliably on all systems.
>
> I would prefer a csc command (like the usual cc symlink) that invokes the
> available/required Mono C# compiler. It would help with .NET compatibility
> at the same time.
>
> Andreas
>


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