Sign Up to our social questions and Answers Engine to ask questions, answer people’s questions, and connect with other people.
Login to our social questions & Answers Engine to ask questions answer people’s questions & connect with other people.
Lost your password? Please enter your email address. You will receive a link and will create a new password via email.
Please briefly explain why you feel this question should be reported.
Please briefly explain why you feel this answer should be reported.
Please briefly explain why you feel this user should be reported.
I am starting to use Mono to develop applications in C# and C++. I wanted to ask you, how is Mono compiling the C++ code? is it using GCC? It is amazing to see that it has the STL containers… Also, can I use the Boost libraries and GSL libraries with Mono? Thanks in advance!!!
I think you must be using MonoDevelop, the IDE, as opposed to Mono itself.
Yes, MonoDevelop uses gcc/g++ to compile C/C++ source code, but it is not compiled to CIL – it is compiled to a native binary.
If I am understanding correctly, then you should be able to use boost just fine.
If, however, you are asking if Mono has support for Mixed-Mode assemblies or executables (e.g. assemblies/exe’s that contain both native and .NET CIL), then I am sorry to inform you that this feature is not supported, nor is compiling C++ to pure CIL by Mono.