From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@...>
Date: 2006-09-19T22:48:56+09:00
Subject: Re: Why not a Ruby 1.8 to 2.x Code Convertor?

Robert Dober wrote:
> On 9/19/06, Brad Tilley <rtilley@vt.edu> wrote:
>>
>> > We may in fact do something like this. No one has ruled it out.
>> > The fact is that 2.0 is still an indefinite amount of time in the
>> > future.
>>
>> As is PERL 6. They may never come to be.
> 
> 
> Indeed, if memory serves LW predictated  perl versions to approach 2*pi
> assymptotically,
> maybe it will be pi+e :(, but I hope not, perl6 will be a wounderful beast
> even if one might not want to use it.
> Robert

So the Perl version number approaches 8*atan(1) the Python version 
number approaches exp(1), and the Ruby version number approaches sqrt(4) 
as t approaches infinity? :) :)

Seriously, though, I wonder what the bottleneck is? Is it Parrot -- are 
the Parrot folks trying to be too many things by supporting both Python 
and Ruby in addition to Perl, especially given that the Ruby community 
appears to be more interested in YARV and JRuby than "waiting for 
Parrot/Cardinal?"