Most compilers currently are black boxes–they make the source code into object files or assemblies in a sort of “code goes in, executable comes out” fashion. The purpose of “Roslyn Project” from ...

Microsoft execs have been tight-lipped when I've tried to pin a ship date on "Roslyn," the Microsoft "compiler as a service project." But we now know that Roslyn most likely will be a post-Visual ...

Whatever you may think of its business practices, Microsoft has always been top-notch when it comes to developer tools. Visual Studio is widely hailed as the best IDE out there, and .Net is an ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Open source fans, rejoice: Microsoft has released its new “Roslyn” .NET compiler platform preview as an open source project. That means developers can clone the company’s compiler for ...

The second hands-on look at Microsoft's upcoming compilers-as-a-service technology is now available to developers in a June 2012 Community Technology Preview. Microsoft is re-architecting its C# and ...

At its recent BUILD event, Microsoft promised to quickly deliver a community test preview (CTP) build of its forthcoming ‘Roslyn’ compiler as a service (CaaS) product. Today it made good on that ...

Microsoft Technical Fellow and coding legend Anders Hejlsberg looked down at his display, where the large button titled "Publish" lay underneath his finger. He pushed the button, which was linked to a ...

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Microsoft is internally dogfooding its "Roslyn" compiler as a service technology, and is compiling internal daily builds of Visual Studio using "Roslyn." That update, courtesy of a Microsoft December ...

California advances AI safety with SB 53, requiring transparency and risk reporting. Anthropic backs the bill, calling it a “trust but verify” approach. AI-driven automation is the theme of this ...

At its Build 2014 conference today, Microsoft announced it is open sourcing its .NET compiler platform “Roslyn” – and then did exactly that, live on stage. Microsoft’s Anders Hejlsberg hit the button ...

Microsoft with its Roslyn .Net compiler project is getting ready to upgrade its C# and Visual Basic languages. Tough decisions have been made about the feature sets of the two languages, said Mads ...