From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2006-11-21T10:03:32+09:00
Subject: Re: Pascal & Ruby Link

Jon Sawyer wrote:

[interesting snippage]

> 
> Anyone interested please reply.  You can try to hunt me down on
> irc.freenode.net in #fpc, #ruby-lang, #ruby4fpc ect as BadQuanta but I
> cannot guarantee when I will be on.
> 

Jon,

This seems worthwhile to me. Standard Pascal, as we know, is a giant
pain and nearly useless.

But Object Pascal (which I think is equivalent to Free Pascal) is
another matter. IIRC it's trulyt object-oriented, very powerful,
and overall a better language than C++ or Java (IMO).

I don't know that anyone has ever tried this kind of interfacing.
There is a guy who made a Ruby/Delphi bridge named Apollo... try
looking him up.

And maybe you can help me lobby for an "in" operator for Ruby... ;)
Some people love that idea, some hate it. It's a minor point, but
it would improve my life a little.


Cheers,
Hal