[tonyedgecombe]

"they're looking for someone to work on a C# to native code compiler"

I wouldn't read too much into that. My guess is they are looking for something easier to work with for device driver developers.

[tkellogg]

I'm not even sure why that's necessary. If you need a block of performant code, use unsafe C# (no array bounds checking, unmanaged pointers, etc). Otherwise, C# runs pretty fast the way it is.

[wtetzner]

I don't think it would be a speed thing. It would let you write C# that ran in kernel space without needing the CLR.