From: petermichaux@...
Date: 2006-02-08T09:38:21+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby in Browsers?

> The biggest problem with JavaScript is incompatible APIs across browsers.
> Adding Ruby to the mix would only make cross-browser compatibility more
> difficult. Unless you could magically get everyone out there to
> simultaneously switch to a browser that provided client-side Ruby scripting
> in exactly the same way, it would only add to the mess.

What if the ruby community supplied the browser makers with a single
interpreter that they could plug in? Yes it might take a few years for
this to take wide spread effect but some applications can dictate the
user's browser. I'm working on one right now. These apps could go Ruby
earlier.