From: Shugo Maeda <shugo@...>
Date: 2004-07-21T17:48:04+09:00
Subject: Re: Which compiled language is closest to Ruby?

Hi,

Gully Foyle wrote:
> I am currently using C++ as my compiled language but fell in love with 
> Ruby recently :)
> 
> Which compiled language is the closest to ruby?  Are there any that are 
> object-oriented and have support for blocks/closures?

Did you tried Sather?

Sather is a pure object-oriented language, and has Algol-like syntax, 
closures (but they are similar to method objects of Ruby), iterators
(but they are very different from iterators of Ruby), include (but it
doesn't force mixin).

I like Sather, but it is not so close to Ruby. Most different point is
that Sather is a strictly statically typed language.

The most serious problem is that there is no well maintained
implementation:(

Shugo