MBase: A unique .NET-oriented metaprogramming framework for rapid compiler development

Up until now no usable, small, efficient, self-bootstrapping Lisp-like language has been available for .NET. MBase closes this gap: this easily embeddable compact framework provides a pragmatically balanced set of features required for the rapid compilers and interpreters implementation.

MBase is more than just another Lisp implementation, it is the only .NET-centric programming language building tool that has all the special features required for compilers design:

• natural abstract syntax trees support
• efficient AST visitors' DSL
• advanced pattern matching
• embedded Prolog
• various .NET type system oriented tools
• easy to use lexing and parsing DSLs
• various target languages with different semantics

Here you can download a technology preview release of MBase, version 0.4.

COPYING
MBase v 0.4 [Technology Preview] (c) by Meta Alternative Ltd, 2005-2008
MBase technology preview comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Permission to use and redistribute the unmodified binary files for any purpose without fee is hereby granted, provided that this copyright notice will appear in all copies.

• MBase Technology Preview 0.4,
  generic distribution (.NET 2.0/3.x, Mono 1.4.x)
• MBase Reference Manual (0.4).
• An example: Minim language compiler implementation.
• Another example: An embedded spreadsheet DSL.
• Arc compiler: Arc-like language compiler implemented in MBase.

Older releases:

• More information on MBase technology.
• MBase Technology Preview 0.1,
  generic distribution (.NET 2.0/3.0, Mono 1.3.x)
• MBase Technology Preview 0.2,
  generic distribution (.NET 2.0/3.x, Mono > 1.4.x)
• MBase Technology Preview 0.3,
  generic distribution (.NET 2.0/3.x, Mono 1.4.x)

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