From: jm <jm@...>
Date: 2004-05-14T11:53:33+09:00
Subject: Re: Rite implementation in C++? (Objective C?)

Why not cut out the middle man and write a gcc compiler for ruby? Just 
to throw a crazy idea around.

J.
ps. like the sig.

On 14/05/2004, at 12:29 PM, Jim Freeze wrote:

> On Friday, 14 May 2004 at  8:23:51 +0900, Phil Tomson wrote:
>> In article <40A3E539.2010204@hypermetrics.com>,
>>
>> I've been thinking lately that it might be easier to do a Ruby
>> implementation in Objective-C.  Seems like it could make life a bit 
>> easier
>> because Objective-C and Ruby have some things in common 
>> philosophically.
>> Also you could take advantage of Obj-C's collection classes where 
>> needed.
>> Since Objective-C is just an add-on to C it probably wouldn't be too 
>> hard
>> to build on existing code.  Also, Objective C is supported by GCC.
>
>
> Matz has also said that you shouldn't write an OO language in an OO
> language.
>
> -- 
> Jim Freeze
> The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the
> crowd.  The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no
> one has ever been.
> 		-- Alan Ashley-Pitt
>