Lo que yo entiendo cuando dice:
X# is an open source development language for .NET, based on the xBase language.
Es: X# es un lenguaje de desarrollo para .NET, basado en el lenguaje xBase y además es de código abierto.
Si así fuera ... suena fabuloso, estoy aún esperando el correo de confirmación para poder acceder a las descargas.
In April 2015 a group of concerned customers and some members of the GrafX development team have talked about starting a new open source project to give the xBase language for .NET a new future. This initiative is called XSharp. This was partially inspired by the fact that Microsoft has published the source code to its C# and Visual Basic compilers under an open source license (.NET Compiler Platform "Roslyn"). The plan is to create a new development language (compiler, runtime libraties, IDE, tools) where the compiler is partially based on the Roslyn source code.
Robert van der Hulst, an independant software developer from the Netherlands, a former member of the Visual Objects and Vulcan.NET development team and author of several 3rd party products for Visual Objects and Vulcan.NET has volunteered to found a new company XSharp BV. This company is the legal entity behind the XSharp Project. He has the support of several members from the xBase community who have chosen to remain anonymous until further notice.
The purpose of this project is to create an open source version of the xBase language for the .NET platform.
Since there are many xBase dialects the team will develop a compiler with different language "flavours" such as
The Core language will be much like an xBase language version of the Microsoft C# compiler. It will have the same features as C# 6, but will of course use the well known xBase syntax.
Based on this core language compiler different flavours will be created with support for the data types, classes and objects that make each dialect unique.
The Core language will be able to produce .NET assemblies that run under windows, but also "universal apps" that run under other platforms as well. .Net Native support is planned as well.
The first dialects that will be developed (and for which developers are found) will be the Visual Objects / Vulcan dialects
Other dialects will follow later.
X# is an open source development language for .NET, based on the xBase language.
It comes in different flavors, such as Core, Visual Objects, Vulcan.NET, xBase++, Harbour, Foxpro and more.
The current version of X# supports the Core dialect as well as the VO and Vulcan dialect