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+* mbas: Mono's VisualBasic.NET Compiler.
+
+	MonoBASIC (mbas) is a CIL compiler for the VisualBasic.NET language, 
+	an extended version of Visual Basic. It's based on the MCS compiler
+	and still in heavy development, though many language features are
+	already supported. See mcs/mbas/
+
+** What works
+
+	<ul>
+
+		* Classes, Fields and Methods. Properties are still
+		  being worked on.
+
+		* Module definition and Sub/Function functionality
+
+	 	* Namespace Import, so can you reference, instantiate
+		  and call external assemblies
+
+		* Parameter passing between Sub's. ByVal and ByRef
+		  parameters are being worked on.
+
+		* Delegates
+
+		* Object creation
+
+		* Events - to a limited extent. You can declare a
+		  Class-Field as 'WithEvents' and dynamic events (i.e
+		  AddHandler MyButton.Click, Button1_OnClick).  Please
+		  beware: just after committing the code, I discovered
+		  that the handler field in the AddHandler call is
+		  case-sensitive, a remnant of mBas' mcs heritage)
+
+		* Statements supported are 'If..Then..Else' ,
+		  'While..End While' and assignment statements. Simple
+		  operators (+, -, *, /, >, <, =) should also
+		  work. Other statements (For..Next, etc.) should be
+		  quite trivial to implement.
+	</ul>
+	
+	A lot of this stuff is implemented rebuilding proper expressions and 
+	statements on top of the classes based on those of mcs (look at the grammar - 
+	mb-parser.jay - and compare it with cs-parser.jay, if interested), but some 
+	are getting deeply changed, to better conform to VB.NET semantics.
+	
+** TODO-list
+
+	At this stage almost every element of the language must be still checked for 
+	conformance to MS' implementation. 
+	We'd like to implement the missing statements, exception handling, 
+	structures and actual event support (not necessarily in this order). Once we 
+	have all this stuff set up and reasonably bug-free, more work could be done 
+	on helper functions and Object-vars handling.
+
+	Also work on the supporting library (we don't currently depend on it as much
+	as MS vbc-compiled programs, but especially for late-binding scenarios we will)
+	is surely needed: it's in mcs/class/Microsoft.VisualBasic/