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Asked: 2026-05-13T01:48:56+00:00

MonoTouch is always mentioned along with C#. Are the framework and toolset actually limited

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MonoTouch is always mentioned along with C#. Are the framework and toolset actually limited to C#, or do other CLR languages like IronRuby and F# work as well?

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    It’s not limited to C#, but there are a few caveats to running other languages:

    • dynamic code generation (reflection emit) isn’t possible on iPhone, so IronPython and IronRuby won’t work
    • if the compiler generates code that depends on APIs that don’t exist on MonoTouch, such as the VB.NET runtime library, those APIs/libraries will need to be ported
    • The compiler must be able to target a custom framework/corlib – though MonoTouch’s core fx is the same as silverlight, so any SL-targeting compiler should work out of the box. I’m sure you could do some trivial retargetting of assembly references with a tool such as Cecil too.

    Delphi Prism is known to work – their MonoDevelop addin even has MonoTouch support. Other statically compiled .NET languages should generally be fairly easy to port.

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