Most programmers compile their VB programs using the default advanced compiler settings. If you know about these settings, you may be able to change them to improve the performance of your compiled ...

Microsoft with its Roslyn .Net compiler project is getting ready to upgrade its C# and Visual Basic languages. Tough decisions have been made about the feature sets of the two languages, said Mads ...

At its Build developer conference in San Francisco today, Microsoft announced a slew of new features for its .NET platform. With over 1.8 billion installs and 6 million professional developers, .NET — ...

At its Build 2014 conference today, Microsoft announced it is open sourcing its .NET compiler platform “ Roslyn ” – and then did exactly that, live on stage. Microsoft’s Anders Hejlsberg hit the ...

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Microsoft will release a CTP (Community Technology Preview) of a new type of compiler its researchers have been building, code-named Project Roslyn, the company executive overseeing the C# programming ...

Once viewed as the nemesis of open source — and probably still seen that way by some — Microsoft on Thursday nonetheless continued its week of gestures toward the open source community. At its Build ...

Microsoft, which has been pursuing concurrent improvements for its Visual Basic and C# programming languages, plans to open up compilers for the languages and add capabilities for asynchronous ...

At Visual Studio Live! Las Vegas 2013, Magenic's Jason Bock discusses Microsoft's effort to rewrite the Visual Basic and C# compilers and the next CTP of Project Roslyn.