compiler-as-a-service

what is the state of the "C# compiler as a service "

Back at the PDC in 2008, in the C# futures talk by Anders Hejlsberg he talked about rewriting the C# compiler and providing a "compiler as a service" I certainly got the impression at the time that they were targeting the C# 4.0 timeframe for this.... Well, does anyone know what the state of this is? it doesn't seem to be there in the C...

What are the benefits of Compiler as a Service

In Anders Hejlsberg's .NET 4.0 presentation he discussed in NET 5.0 ("or some future release") they are working on a "Compiler as a Service" model. Anders Hejlsberg's states: [source][1] "We want to open up our compiler so it becomes an API you can call to compile a piece of code and get back expression trees and/or IL. This enables a w...