From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@...>
Date: 2006-07-22T12:12:43+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby on Handhelds

Hal Fulton wrote:
> I see your point. (I had the 200LX, by the way. What a sweet machine.)
>
> But to me, the point is being able to *run* programs on the handheld --
> something I'd love to do. I don't mind doing the development on the
> desktop as long as I can run the result in the palm of my hand.
>
> Ruby runs on the Zaurus, right? I grant you might not like coding and
> debugging on it, but wouldn't you like to run your own custom apps on it
> written in Ruby? I would.
I have to assume Ruby will run on the Zaurus, since gcc can build for 
it. Incidentally, the "native" Zaurus GUI is QT. Now if QTRuby runs on 
the Zaurus, *that's* interesting. Still, these days I'm more a 
*collector* of handhelds than a user. :)