PInvoke
Mono enables us to use native code inside an application. Up to now, we've seen how Mono can be used to write ordinary applications. In this section, you learn to combine Mono with other software packages.
Basic Concepts
We've already mentioned that the C# compiler does not produce native code, but instead produces intermediate code. The advantage of this concept is that all languages that have an interface to .NET can be used in combination with Mono. But what can people do with code that isn't based on .NET? Software components have often been used for a long time and been extensively tested. It's definitely not a good idea to throw away code that still does a good job.
The solution is that Mono provides interfaces to external code. ...
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