From: Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
Date: 2001-11-30T23:15:41+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:27066] Musing


Say a PDA such as this:

   http://www.sharpplace.com/product.asp?sku=1865193

came with Ruby, but not just as a standalone application.

Instead, that Ruby is used as the overall scripting language, much
as VBA is on Windows boxes. The PIM, e-mail, browser all support Ruby,
using a consistent object model.

  Inbox.add_observer(:mail_arriving) do
    Display.popup "New mail"
  end

or

  SMS.add_observer(:sms_msg) do |msg|
    from = msg.sender
    entry = Address.find(from)
    if entry
      Browser.new_frame(entry.homepage)
      from = entry.first_name
    end
    Display.popup("SMS from #{from}")
  end

Why use Java for scripting a device like this? Ruby seems far more
natural. How would we make this happen?


Dave