From: Stefan Matthias Aust <sma@3plus4.de>
Date: 2001-05-27T06:40:04+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:15774] Re: Challenges of java interpreter

Sean Russell <ser@maus.germane-software.com> wrote:

>Caveat: I don't think anyone proposing to self-implement Ruby is expecting
>that the resulting code would replace the C code, but that a Ruby
>implementation of Ruby would facilitate creating interpreters in other
>languages and help clarify some of the rules of Ruby.

However, the next "natural" step would be to write a Ruby2C compiler
in Ruby and compile the ruby version to C.  If you want to just
clarify the semantics of Ruby, honestly, I'd prefer a textual
specification.

bye
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Stefan Matthias Aust \/ Truth Until Paradox