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Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 10:31:01 -0800
To: Ross Girshick <ross.girshick@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [ANNOUNCE] IronPHP 0.0.1: A PHP Compiler for Mono (and .NET)
From: andrei@gravitonic.com (Andrei Zmievski)

Please do not use the name 'PHP' in the name of your product. We'd
prefer you use a different name under the terms of PHP license.

On Sun, 13 Feb 2005, Ross Girshick wrote:
> I'm pleased to announce the first release of IronPHP [1]. IronPHP is a
> PHP compiler for the Mono (and .NET) platform.
> 
> The goals of IronPHP are:
> 
> * Compatibility with PHP 5
> * Speed and efficiency: let's beat the C version 
> * Portability: run where ever Mono runs
> * Extend PHP to allow access to .NET assemblies
> 
> The first release can compile a portion of the procedural subset of
> PHP 5. IronPHP is still at an experimental stage and undergoing heavy
> development. Don't expect much beyond the bare basics to work. My
> immediate goal in releasing it is to get some more hands involved in
> the project.
> 
> I'm presently working on the 0.0.2 release which will feature a new
> lexical scanner (rewritten from scratch) and a jay based parser
> (instead of the hand coded recursive descent parser). If you're
> interested in joining the IronPHP effort please read the NOTES and
> TODO in the tarball.
> 
> This is the first release and I want to bring it to the attention of
> interested parties. Thus I've cross-posted it to the PHP internals and
> the Mono developer's list. Please respect those lists and direct
> further comments and discussions to the IronPHP developer's list [2].
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> 
> 	Ross Girshick
> 
> [1] http://ironphp.sf.net
> [2] ironphp-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
> 
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- Andrei