From: Rick DeNatale Date: 2006-09-12T05:24:53+09:00 Subject: Re: Cross-platform standalone Ruby apps ? On 9/11/06, Pieter Kubben wrote: > M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote: > > Trans wrote: > >>> Could Ruby work for this? And what would be the best database to go for? > >> > > 1. Rails also works with MySQL and SQLite, which in turn work on > > Windows, Mac and Linux > > > > 2. I don't think *any* recompiling is required to use Ruby on Rails, > > though in some cases (Gentoo Linux, for example) you end up recompiling > > the Ruby installer and the database in the course of installing them. > > But you don't recompile any Rails code. > > If I read all the comments, I doubt whether Ruby will be the right > choice for me. However, I like the initiative, and perhaps it will turn > out to be very useful in the future. > > For now I guess I'd have to focus more on Java, as Python does also not > seem to deliver what I am looking for... I'm curious as to what you saw in the responses which made you think that Ruby isn't the right choice. I got three things out of the responses so far. 1) some discussion based on the assumption that you were looking for a gui app rather than something else, e.g. a web app. Since you never responded to that, if it was a mis-assumption then don't assume that Ruby won't work for other types of apps. 2) Statements that Ruby is pretty agnostic when it comes to a particular RDB. 3) Statements that you normally don't have to recompile for different platforms. Was your requirement really that there be "some recompiling" that there be "some" recompiling? 4) A side discussion over whether or not code for linux distributions should be packaged in a distro specific package format, and if so what tools to use for that. That's a separate discussion which is independent of whether you use php, ruby, java, or anything else. -- Rick DeNatale My blog on Ruby http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/