"Compiler as a service" in C# 4.0

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

Bill Baxter wrote:
> This blog post points to part of a talk by Anders Hejlsberg at PDC
> talking about where they're going with C# 4.0:
> http://dobbscodetalk.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=C-Sharp-4.0-with-a-REPL-Read-Eval-Print-Loop-.html&Itemid=29
> 
> The part of this vid
> http://channel9.msdn.com/pdc2008/TL16/
> which he points to at 60 minutes talks about the "compiler as a service".
> 
> It's an idea which has been mentioned here many times, so I thought I
> would post this link.  Very cool that C# is going to make this idea a
> reality.
> 
> --bb

Interesting, thanks for the link. At 12:16 - "But of course there are 
many things we need to think about: immutable objects, purity of 
functions, isolation... and these are things that are heavily on our 
mind day-to-day." It's good to know D has all of the above taken care of.


Andrei