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What does the D in DMCS stand for?

So, I was reading about the mono c# compiler. I know what the purpose of the apps are, but I was just wondering what the abbreviations stand for. (Also what does gmcs, smcs and csc stand for?)

If I were to take a guess it would be (Something) Mono Compiler Service.

Solution

  • This is what I can surmise from the documentation (and is also in chronological order, earliest to latest):

    • csc = C Sharp Compiler (from Microsoft)
    • mcs = Mono Compiler Service (or potentially Mono C Sharp, but compiler service is spoken about elsewhere, and this compiler is actually written in C#).
    • gmcs = Support for Generics
    • smcs = Support for Silverlight (Moonlight)
    • dmcs = Support for Dynamic

    All the compilers also support additional things, but it appears as though the prefix of the compiler command-line name takes the dominant reason for the increase in version.