From: David Ross <dross@...>
Date: 2004-11-06T01:35:24+09:00
Subject: Re: Mobile Ruby

Brian Yamabe wrote:

>First, I'm not talking about Ruby on mobile devices.  I'm talking
>about being able to program in Ruby from anywhere.  As a developer
>I've always been resigned to the fact that I'd be tied to a specific
>machine (laptop or desktop).  I couldn't just go off and borrow
>someone elses computer to do some development without installing
>runtimes, ide's, editors, libraries, etc.  Then this morning I
>thought, why not?  Isn't a wiki just a brain-dead remote source code
>repository.  Why not execute that repository?  Obviously there need to
>be some configuration layers added and an editor tailored to
>programming, but the basic concept isn't a huge leap.
>
>I'm not the brightest bulb in the draw, so I figure someone must have
>thought of this before.  Has anyone implemented it?  Ruby seems like
>an ideal candidate for doing this kind of work.
>
>
>  
>
hmmm. Does emacs/or vim over ssh not effective in what you want? Its how 
I do most developing for side jobs. A wiki which executes code can be 
dangerous unless its some type of auth system with _really_ trusted 
developers. Maybe this is what you are asking, correct me if I'm wrong.

David Ross
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