[IronPython] DLR, OS X/Linux & other languages

[Miha Valencic]

<thinking outloud/>

DLR is a subset of CLR, with specific improvements for dynamic languages
(dynamic call sites, dispatch and whatnot). At least that's how I understand
it.

Currently, it runs in the browser on all major platforms (Win, OS X and with
Linux (with Moonlight?)). It would be nice to be able to write apps on OS X
(& linux for that matter) in C# or VB, for instance, that would target the
DLR (not CLR). You would have access only to the subset of the CLR (whatever
DLR brings to the table) but nontheless.

For whatever is missing, one could add assemblies, which would be loaded
into the application... (like with SL). No?

Silverlight is intended for running in the browser -- but could we use this
same technology to write "native" apps? We need a host of some sort for the
UI (something that currently browser provides) or maybe we already have
something like that?

Could I write an application for OSX and run it with DLR (with a small
download and as low complexity as possible)?

I know I can download Mono and install it and use that for development and
so on -- what about DLR?

Miha

ps: I could launch the same word on Win and on OS X, if Word would be
written in .NET completely.
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