From: Bill Plummer Date: 2007-09-28T23:27:25+09:00 Subject: Re: Anyone interested In IronRuby Hi All, Interesting subject... I've been a .Net developer since the beta days and really like both VB.Net and C#. However, all that said you can understand when I heard about IronRuby it tweaked my interest. An interpreted language implementation running in .Net. And the language, Ruby was and is getting high marks from most of the developers I've listened to. So, for the last couple of months I've been learning all the Ruby and IronRuby that I can work into my schedule. To me Ruby appears to be a language I could enjoy working with, but that's not my main reason I'm studying the subject. My job allows me to chose the tools I need to get most projects done. However, with that freedom comes the responsibility of being able to not only complete the project, but also maintain the code and add new features in the future. This can be difficult and the concise syntax is used in Ruby really appeals to me! So... I like what I see in Ruby for the following reasons. 1 - Microsoft is doing a Ruby language implementation call IronRuby. 2 - Matz's Ruby is here today, and can do applications on both Windows and Linux operating systems. (Our clients may specify the operating system.) 3 - The Rails framework exists for web projects. 4 - Ruby is well documented. The Ruby publications are EXCELLENT. I own "Ruby for Rails" by David A. Black, "Programming Ruby" (The Pick Axe), 2nd edition, "Rails Recipes" by Chad Fowler, and "Agile Web Development with Rails" by Dave Thomas and DHH. 5 - The web stuff including video and pod-casts like... http://railscasts.com/, http://peepcode.com/ 7 - The Ruby In Steel Visual Studio plug-in for Ruby and Rails projects. http://www.sapphiresteel.com/ (Did I mention that I love Microsoft's Visual Studio IDE??? Your a pretty cool guy Mac, but I still prefer Visual Studio... :-) 6 - It's fun to learn a new language:-) OK enough said... I like Ruby and I especially appreciate all that the community has done to help bring us newbies along:-) Bill Plummer PS: One tiny comment about "taking a friend and turning them into a Borg" by implementing the language through the CLR. If Jon Lam does his job right, we won't know whether we are using Matz's Ruby or Microsoft's IronRuby. Wait a minute, I'm in Visual Studio..., now is this Matz's Ruby using the Ruby In Steel plug-in or is it Microsoft's IronRuby running in the DLR??? It's so confusing... What's a developer to do... So many choices!!! :-) On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 05:59 +0900, Jayson Williams wrote: > I am a little curious about Iron Ruby. I did some work with C#.net but > my interest faded for some reason or another. I really am very fond of > Ruby's feel. Learning Ruby kind of feels to me like getting acquainted > with a person you get along with very well. I find myself looking for > problems that Ruby would be good at solving, mainly to get more > acquainted with what its like to work with Ruby. > Squeezing Ruby through Microsofts CLR (or whatever its called) to make > it conform to .NET, is sort of like taking a friend and turning them > into a Borg or something (appropriately named IronRuby)...resistance > is futile!. > IronRuby can probably still get the job done, but the personality > will be a bit stiff, and not quite as friendly. But we shall see. > > Jayson > > > On 9/27/07, Alex Young wrote: > > IronRuby wrote: > > > I would like to know, how many folks here are waiting to start with > > > IronRuby and how many have already implemented this in one or another > > > way. > > I've been meaning to dig into it for a little while now, but haven't had > > time yet. > > > > > Is there a sub section or a seperate group in this forum for Ironruby. > > http://rubyforge.org/mail/?group_id=4359 > > > > -- > > Alex > > > > >