From: "James F.  Hranicky" <jfh@...>
Date: 2004-07-21T22:27:34+09:00
Subject: Re: Which compiled language is closest to Ruby?

On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 13:22:08 +0900
Gully Foyle <nospam@nospamnospamnospam.com> 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?

I haven't seen anyone mention it, but I believe Objective C has a similar 
object model (everything derived from Object, methods not defined in the
current class get passed up to the parent, has exceptions, etc). Googling
for 

	"Objective C" blocks

shows some proposals for adding blocks that may or may not have been accepted
into the language spec.

I've never actually programmed in it, so others may have better information.

Jim