From: Per Jacobsson <per@...>
Date: 2006-11-13T06:23:43+09:00
Subject: Re: McGovern Likes JRuby...

Charles Oliver Nutter wrote:
> You seem to imply that folks will either use Ruby or Java, but not 
> both. In JRuby, it's safe to say they'll complement each other. I 
> don't expect that in five years all app servers will be written in 
> Ruby from the ground up. But I do expect they'll use Ruby in 
> surprising and significant ways to tie together other code and 
> components written in Java.
A good example is actually what BEA are doing with Jython in their WLST 
(Weblogic Scripting Tool, or whatever it means). They allow you to write 
the configuration scripts for your application servers in Jython, that 
then hook into the Java side thru JMX. It works pretty well and is nice 
and flexible. JRuby could obviously be used for similar things.

Hi, new guy here. Enjoying the discussions!
/ Per