This contains the Mono C# compiler as well as the Mono runtime
library.

See INSTALL.txt for a guide to building and installing mcs.

Layout:

	class/
		Class libraries

	errors/
		Sample programs that should generate errors by the compiler.

	jay/
		Yacc-based parser generator.

	mcs/
		The Mono C# compiler

	tests/
		Sample tests 

	docs/
		Some notes on the compiler and the class libraries.

	nant/
		A copy of nant source code, used during the build process
		on Windows.

	tools/
		Various small development tools: CorCompare used to compare
	 	two assemblies for differences in the API;   TypeReflector is 
		a tool used to introspect types from assemblies from the 
		command line;  MonoStyle helps you keep your code indendented
		with the Mono programming style.


Thanks a lot to Sergey Chaban for his help during the development of
the C# compiler.

LICENSE

The mcs C# compiler and monoresgen are licensed to you under the GPL, version 2.
The complete text of the GPL is in the 'COPYING' file.

    Copyright (C) 2001-2002  Ximian, Inc.

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License as 
    published by the Free Software Foundation.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA

The class libraries are licensed according to the following license:

    Copyright (C) 2001-2002  Ximian, Inc.

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
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