From: Thomas Kirchner <lists@...>
Date: 2005-10-06T03:35:37+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby for Palm OS?

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* On Oct  6  3:23, Brian Le Roy (ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org) wrote:
> I have an application in mind that would include a simple GUI, and=20
> perhaps a hook into SMS.  Is there any way I could write this in Ruby?=20
> I know there's a 'compiler' for ruby to generate native executables, is=
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> there one for Palm devices?

The only information I could find on attempts at Ruby for Palm (on=20
RubyGarden and generic Google searches) led me to believe that all=20
attempts were abandoned fairly early on, due to speed and size=20
requirements.  I can't say how recent the information was, though.

I really can't believe that this would stop someone who was dedicated,=20
though, as even basic Palms nowadays have at least 16 megs of ram and a=20
200mhz processor.  Just about every other common language has been=20
ported.  I'd love to have Ruby available.
Tom

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