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@@ -142,6 +142,13 @@ A: Although the `.NET initiative' is still quite nebulous, The .NET Framework
    has been available for some time.  Mono is not an implementation of the .NET
    initiative, just the development framework.
 
+Q: What is a 100% .NET application?
+
+A: A `100% .NET application' is one that only uses the APIs defined
+   under the System namespace and does not use PInvoke.  These
+   applications would in theory run unmodified on Windows, Linux,
+   HP-UX, Solaris, MacOS X and others. 
+
 ** Passport
 
 Q: Is this a free implementation of Passport?
@@ -306,7 +313,12 @@ Q: Would you allow other classes other than those in the
 A: Yes.  The Microsoft class collection is very big, but it is by no
    means complete.  It would be nice to have a port of `Camel' (the
    Mail API used by Evolution inspired by Java Mail) for Mono
-   applications.
+   applications.  
+
+   You might also want to look into implementing CORBA for Mono.  Not
+   only because it would be useful, but because it sounds like a fun
+   thing to do, given the fact that the CLI is such a type rich
+   system. 
 
    For more information on extending Mono, see our <a
    href="ideas.html">ideas</a> page.
@@ -379,3 +391,41 @@ A: CLI is the specification of an execution system.  The Microsoft
    also CLR, just because it would do exactly the same thing the
    Microsoft implementation does.
 
+<a name="gcc">
+** Mono and GCC
+
+Q: Should someone work on a GCC front-end to C#?
+
+A: I would love if someone does, and we would love to help anyone that
+   takes on that task, but we do not have the time or expertise to
+   build a C# compiler with the GCC engine.  I find it a lot more fun
+   personally to work on C# on a C# compiler, which has an intrinsic
+   beauty.
+
+Q: Should someone make a GCC backend that will generate CIL images?
+
+A: I would love to see a backend to GCC that generates CIL images.  It
+   would provide a ton of free compilers that would generate CIL
+   code.  This is something that people would want to look into
+   anyways for Windows interoperation in the future.
+
+Q: What about making a front-end to GCC that takes CIL images and
+   generates native code?
+
+A: I would love to see this, specially since GCC supports this same
+   feature for Java Byte Codes.  You could use the metadata library
+   from Mono to read the byte codes (ie, this would be your
+   "front-end") and generate the trees that get passed to the
+   optimizer.
+
+   Ideally our implementation of the CLI will be available as a shared
+   library that could be linked with your application as its runtime
+   support. 
+
+Q: But would this work around the GPL in the GCC compiler and allow
+   people to work on non-free front-ends?
+
+A: People can already do this by targeting the JVM byte codes (there
+   are about 130 compilers for various languages that target the JVM).
+
+