The question says it all. Can I compile C# to native code and boot it? I know of Cosmos and Singularity, but I was wondering if there are more recent techniques or tools. Thanks.
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The question says it all. Can I compile C# to native code and boot it? I know of Cosmos and Singularity, but I was wondering if there are more recent techniques or tools. Thanks.
Apparently you can compile to native code using Mono:
http://www.mono-project.com/Mono:Runtime#Ahead-of-time_compilation
Still, you won’t be able to write an OS with that. Its impossible to write an entire OS in C#, Cosmos and Singularity will have portions that aren’t managed code.
Or of course, you can set your code to boot at Windows Startup – .NET applications will run just fine once Windows has booted up to the login screen and beyond.