List of Microsoft Codenames - .NET

.NET

Codename Preliminary name Final name Notes
Lightning, Project 42 Next Generation Windows Services Microsoft .NET v1.0 Project Lightning was the original codename for the Common Language Runtime in 1997. The team was based in building 42, hence Project 42. "Next Generation Windows Services" appeared in the earliest press releases about the upcoming platform.
Roslyn Next Generation C# compiler Unspecified, speculative to Microsoft .NET v5 or .NET v6 compiler Roslyn is the next generation of design guidelines for developer tools, which is often highlighted by a C# compiler being written in C# (currently it is C++) and being offered as a service. This would enable scenarios like C# having its own version of the JavaScript eval command ultimately leading to meta-programming. Mono has had a similar feature since early on its life.
Project 7 Codename for early .net academic recruiting program. 7 was a prime factor of 42.

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