[Mono-list] compile VC++ source code on SUSUE..

[Jonathan Pryor]

On Tue, 2007-03-06 at 10:55 +0000, Manish Upadayay wrote:
> Can i build source code of vc++ (in subversion) in suse 9.3
> withoout insatalling vc++ on suse.is that MONO can help .or if u have 
> any suggestion please  give me.

Visual C++ is a Microsoft IDE for Windows.  Source code written in it is
usually within the C++ language.

1. C++ isn't a managed language (i.e. something that will generate CIL
which Mono can execute).

2. C++/CLI *is* a managed language, but it can only be used with Visual
Studio.NET 2005.  There is no current way to compile C++/CLI code on any
flavor of Linux.  (Then there are the myriad issues with trying to run 
C++/CLI assemblies under Mono, which isn't trivial...)

Consequently, it's unlikely that Mono can help in any way.

If your C++ code is portable -- i.e. no ties to Win32 APIs -- then you
could probably use g++ to compile it, but (again) that's not Mono.

 - Jon