From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@...>
Date: 2007-09-29T14:40:51+09:00
Subject: Re: need a simplified understanding of Rubinius

James Edward Gray II wrote:
> Isn't there a Scheme book with a Scheme implementation written in Scheme 
> in it?  If my memory serves, I think I even remember Evan talking about 
> this being some of the inspiration for Rubinius.

1. Few entry-level books on Lisp or Scheme *don't* contain an evaluator 
written in the language itself. It's a tradition. :)

2. I thought the inspiration for Rubinius was Smalltalk, not Scheme. 
Then again, Lisp was one of the inspirations for *Smalltalk*.