From: Luca Pireddu <ilveroluca@...>
Date: 2004-11-06T03:03:42+09:00
Subject: Re: Mobile Ruby

David Ross wrote:

> 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

Alternatively, if you like GUI's and don't want to require an X installation
you can try VNC or FreeNX.

Luca