From: Bryan Zarnett <bryan_zarnett@...>
Date: 2001-05-03T11:00:20+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:14569] Re: Ruby as a Mac OS/X scripting language

Applescript is there, as is Perl.  I guess (IMHO) that
they are looking for a substitute for Applescript.

When I had my last Mac with OS 8, I used Python for
everything versus Applescript.  But I found Ruby...

B.

--- jennyw <jennyw@dangerousideas.com> wrote:
> I'm confused by people saying that there is no
> scripting language for Mac OS
> X ... AppleScript should be included:
> 
> http://www.apple.com/applescript/
> 
> Jen
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bryan Zarnett" <bryan_zarnett@yahoo.ca>
> To: "ruby-talk ML" <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 6:28 PM
> Subject: [ruby-talk:14565] Re: Ruby as a Mac OS/X
> scripting language
> 
> 
> > I was looking at OS/X yesterday and although the
> sales
> > guys where terrible (when the found out I was not
> > going to spend 6k on the G4 laptop they ignored
> me) I
> > did have the pleasure to try OS/X -- more
> > specifically, the console.
> >
> > Tk/Tcl is already ported so is Perl. The OS/X
> shell
> > comes with the cc compiler and all the base libs
> for
> > compiling Ruby, so on that front it should be
> pretty
> > easy. Apache and all the other stuff is there, so
> in
> > essence it should be a straight BSD compile of
> Ruby.
> >
> > I'm currently looking at OS/X and the new iBook as
> a
> > possible laptop semi-Unix type of box.
> >
> > So, the executive summary -- I think the port
> should
> > be fairly easy and should work well over all. In
> > principle, adding additional Mac-based items
> should be
> > fairly simple as the API is a bit better written
> than
> > what I saw in MacOS 8.
> >
> > Bryan "I really like the new iBook" Zarnett
> >
> > P.S. If they want to send an iBook and OS/X to my
> > house I will be more than willing to do a port :-)
> >
> > --- Dave Thomas <Dave@PragmaticProgrammer.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > Andy and I got an interesting couple of e-mails
> > > saying that Apple
> > > needs a scripting language for OS/X, and that
> Ruby
> > > might fit the bill
> > > nicely.
> > >
> > > Given that I don't have a MacI'm really in no
> > > position to say, but
> > > this seems interesting.
> > >
> > > Does anyone with some OS/X background have any
> > > insights here?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Dave
> > >
> > > Footnotes:
> > >   but I do have a dark brown overcoat
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
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