From: Gonzalo Rubio <gonchuki@...>
Date: 2006-02-09T00:33:24+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby in Browsers?

Paul Stadig wrote:
> I wouldn't be interested in getting browser manufacturers to include
> the plug-in immediately. It would be rare to get something that would
> have a hard takeoff like that. The idea would be to do something
> similar to Java and the Java plug-in. If people like it then they use
> it. If they don't, then whatever. If it get's popular, then maybe the
> browser manufacturers would include it.
> 
> In cases where a person has control over such things they could use
> Ruby and the Ruby plug-in instead of Java. In other cases, use Java or
> something that the browser manufacturers include automatically. I just
> thought it would be a cool idea. It seems possible. It would be one way
> to escape from Java hell.
> 
> 
> Paul

or may be if someone follows the idea for Ruby 2.0 to compile into Java 
Bytecode it would be directly supported into browsers.
I know Matz said Rite won't generate Java Bytecode, but there are people 
out there that want to follow that path.

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