title: Calling mono c# code from Microsoft .net?
body: <p>I have some neural net code written in c# that would benefit from using <a href="http://go-mono.com/docs/index.aspx?tlink=0@N%3aMono.Simd" rel="noreferrer">SIMD</a> support. <a href="http://www.mono-project.com/news/archive/2009/Jan-13.html" rel="noreferrer">Mono 2.2</a> just came out that supports SIMD but Microsoft's c# does not support this yet.  Being happy with my c# setup I was wondering if I could write a lib in mono for that piece and call it from .net.</p>
  
  <p>Edit:
  I guess what I really want to know is it possible to compile <a href="http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page" rel="noreferrer">mono</a> down to something like a DLL that I then can call from dotnet. I heard <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_de_Icaza" rel="noreferrer">Miguel de Icaza</a> on a <a href="http://www.hanselminutes.com/default.aspx?showID=157" rel="noreferrer">podcast</a> saying that for the iphone the mono compiler would allow them to compile down to an exe for moonlight so it did not violate the terms of service for iphone so it got me thinking what else can you compile to.</p>
  
  <p>I heard Miguel de Icaza on another pod cast <a href="http://herdingcode.com/?p=109" rel="noreferrer">Herding Code Episode 28</a> say that you could use the mono complier to compile to an exe not just to intermediate code. What are the implications of this? </p>
  
  <p>This got my curiosity up so I thought that I would throw a bounty at it.</p>