From: Michael Gebhart <mail@...>
Date: 2005-02-05T09:35:14+09:00
Subject: Gtk/Gnome-Applications with Ruby or Mono

Hi,

I'm currently thinking about writing an application for the gnome-desktop.
But I can not decide, what language I should use for. I'm just interested
in Ruby, C# and C++. 

C++ gives me all features gtk/gnome has. gtkmm is a nice wrapper for gtk+.
But programming with c++ is a little bit error-prone and the development
time is very large.

Mono seems to be designed for gtk and gnome. The gnome-libs are
implemented in mono, and gtk (2.4) too. But the disadvantage is, that Mono
has to be installed on the target system. (And Mono smells of Microsoft
and I have .exe - Files on my linux *scnr*)

Ruby is the language I am personally interested in. Also here gtk-bindings
are available. But some ruby-users told me, that the ruby-gnome-bindings
are a little bit unstable and a lot of features are not implemented yet.

And as Mono: Ruby has to be installed on the target OS.

So I don't know, what language I should prefer. Normally I should choose
the language, by what language is the best one for my application. But
every language has all the features I need. 

Can you tell me anything about the ruby-gtk/gnome-bindings and its
features and its stability? 

Or should I use Mono? Because Mono becomes the standard for development
GUI-Applications for the Gnome-Desktop? 

Thanks for your answers

Mike