<s>
X#	O
,	O
pronounced	O
X	B-Language
sharp	I-Language
and	O
often	O
written	O
XSharp	B-Language
,	O
is	O
an	O
xBase-compatible	O
programming	O
language	O
for	O
the	O
Microsoft	O
.NET	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
X#	O
has	O
been	O
built	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
Roslyn	O
,	O
the	O
open	O
source	O
architecture	O
behind	O
the	O
current	O
Microsoft	O
C#	O
and	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
.NET	I-Language
compilers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
X#	O
compiler	O
is	O
intended	O
to	O
support	O
multiple	O
dialects	O
in	O
the	O
xBase	B-Language
programming	O
language	O
family	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
Core	O
,	O
Visual	O
Objects	O
,	O
Vulcan.NET	O
,	O
xBase++	O
,	O
Harbour	B-Application
,	O
Foxpro	O
and	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
the	O
majority	O
of	O
the	O
developers	O
of	O
the	O
Vulcan.NET	O
team	O
started	O
the	O
XSharp	B-Language
compiler	O
development	O
due	O
to	O
conflicts	O
with	O
their	O
previous	O
employer	O
GrafXSoft	O
about	O
future	O
developments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
proof	O
of	O
concept	O
and	O
viability	O
,	O
the	O
Vulcan	O
IDE	O
was	O
recompiled	O
and	O
rebuilt	O
in	O
XSharp	B-Language
into	O
XIDE	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XSharp	B-Language
Core	O
language	O
:	O
This	O
language	O
lacks	O
a	O
native	O
dialect	O
runtime	O
,	O
which	O
means	O
that	O
there	O
are	O
no	O
USUAL	O
,	O
ARRAY	O
and	O
other	O
xBase	B-Language
familiar	O
datatypes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vulcan.NET	O
:	O
The	O
official	O
runtime	O
of	O
Vulcan.NET	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
or	O
the	O
by	O
XSharp	B-Language
provided	O
alternative	O
runtime	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
XSharp	B-Language
compiler	O
is	O
based	O
upon	O
the	O
Roslyn	O
compiler	O
and	O
can	O
make	O
full	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
available	O
.NET	O
framework	O
classes	O
.	O
</s>
