# New code generation engine: The new code generation engine is the core of
the Mono JIT, and now also features a code pre-compiler.
# Runtime: Mono now provides the GC system with object maps, providing better
collection and improving applications speed. Also debugging information
works across application domains.
# ASP.NET: WebForms parser has been rewritten.
# Remoting: Plenty of updates to the remoting infrastructure.
# C# compiler: Various speed improvements, plus support for C# 2.0 iterators.
# XML: XML deserialization, RELAX NG validating XmlReader, improved
XmlNodeReader, XmlTextReader non-UTF8 stream support by default, plus a
primitive DTD parser.
# Windows.Forms: Lots of updates, and System.Drawing progress.
# Globalization: Data files for supporting the various cultures are in,
Chinese encoding support.
# New tools: Binding generator for C programs, security tools, mono-xsd.
# Ongoing development: ILASM, JScript, Soap, XmlSerialization.
# Mono Basic: Many improvements.
# Security: Uses new BigInteger, many new classes.
# 152 bugs closed, 3397 individual CVS commits.
The full announcement and list of changes can be found at:
http://www.gnomedesktop.org/article.php?sid=1104
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