[#10209] Market for XML Web stuff — Matt Sergeant <matt@...>

I'm trying to get a handle on what the size of the market for AxKit would be

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[#10238] RFC: RubyVM (long) — Robert Feldt <feldt@...>

Hi,

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[#10364] Re: RFC: RubyVM (long) — Mathieu Bouchard <matju@...> 2001/02/05

[#10708] Suggestion for threading model — Stephen White <spwhite@...>

I've been playing around with multi-threading. I notice that there are

11 messages 2001/02/11

[#10853] Re: RubyChangeRequest #U002: new proper name for Hash#indexes, Array#indexes — "Mike Wilson" <wmwilson01@...>

10 messages 2001/02/14

[#11037] to_s and << — "Brent Rowland" <tarod@...>

list = [1, 2.3, 'four', false]

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[#11094] Re: Summary: RCR #U002 - proper new name fo r indexes — Aleksi Niemel<aleksi.niemela@...>

> On Mon, 19 Feb 2001, Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:

12 messages 2001/02/19

[#11131] Re: Summary: RCR #U002 - proper new name fo r indexes — "Conrad Schneiker" <schneik@...>

Robert Feldt wrote:

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[#11251] Programming Ruby is now online — Dave Thomas <Dave@...>

36 messages 2001/02/21

[#11469] XML-RPC and KDE — schuerig@... (Michael Schuerig)

23 messages 2001/02/24
[#11490] Re: XML-RPC and KDE — schuerig@... (Michael Schuerig) 2001/02/24

Michael Neumann <neumann@s-direktnet.de> wrote:

[#11491] Negative Reviews for Ruby and Programming Ruby — Jim Freeze <jim@...> 2001/02/24

Hi all:

[#11633] RCR: shortcut for instance variable initialization — Dave Thomas <Dave@...>

13 messages 2001/02/26

[#11652] RE: RCR: shortcut for instance variable initialization — Michael Davis <mdavis@...>

I like it!

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[#11700] Starting Once Again — Ron Jeffries <ronjeffries@...>

OK, I'm starting again with Ruby. I'm just assuming that I've

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[#11712] RE: Starting Once Again — "Aaron Hinni" <aaron@...> 2001/02/27

> 2. So far I think running under TextPad will be better than running

[#11726] Re: Starting Once Again — Aleksi Niemel<zak@...> 2001/02/28

On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Aaron Hinni wrote:

[ruby-talk:11395] Re: trial balloon: Ruby desktop?

From: Michael Neumann <neumann@...>
Date: 2001-02-23 18:11:06 UTC
List: ruby-talk #11395
On Sat, Feb 24, 2001 at 01:18:44AM +0900, Jon Aseltine wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have been thinking about something for some time now, and I wanted to
> get some feedback from the list. Would it be feasible/possible/wise to
> craft a desktop environment using Ruby as its backbone? I am quite
> unhappy with the state of both GNOME and KDE, and I find the idea of a
> Ruby desktop exciting. Some parts need to be fast (some window manager
> stuff, e.g.), but other things, including most application logic, could
> be in pure Ruby, I think.

Great idea. 
IIRC, Andy/Dave worked on a window manager written in Ruby. Am I right?

But KDE and Gnome both come with a GUI toolkit, KDE/QT and GTK.
Which one to choose?
QT cannot be used under Windows, due to the license.
Tk is to slow and ugly.
GTK, Fltk, FOX?

And what's about the component model ?
KDE uses its own, as far as I know, and Gnome uses Corba.
dRuby would be nice.


> Is anyone else interested in this? Given Ruby's many advantages, I think
> something useful could be crafted quickly (a year? is that quick?). I
> also think it would push Ruby to the limit in some ways, and perhaps
> make the language better.

> Any thoughts? Or am I crazy?

Do you consider a framework for applications or "only" an application which
shows a desktop with icons which runs programs.



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Michael Neumann

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