From: Jon Harrop <jon@...>
Date: 2007-05-27T05:55:02+09:00
Subject: Developing cross-platform web/GUI applications


Hi!

I'd like to write cross-platform applications that either run in the browser
or run as standalone GUI applications in a functional programming language.

I understand that Ruby is a functional programming language and I was
wondering:

1. How widely is Ruby used on Linux, Mac OS X and Windows?

2. Are there compilers/interpreters targetting the JVM/.NET that make it
easy to develop GUI applications?

3. Has anyone done any significant work in this area using Ruby?

4. Are scientists and engineers using Ruby?

Many thanks,
-- 
Dr Jon D Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy
The F#.NET Journal
http://www.ffconsultancy.com/products/fsharp_journal/?usenet