From: Thufir <hawat.thufir@...>
Date: 2007-10-21T17:11:58+09:00
Subject: Re: Is Ruby For Me?

On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 15:31:21 +0900, Mohit Sindhwani wrote:

> On the other hand, one of the things you should consider before you
> start is whether you're happy to let the source code of your application
> ship with what you create.  I don't have a problem with this because my
> Ruby scripts are internal and my Rails applications are hosted.  But, if
> you're doing product development, that's a concern that you must
> address.

I was curious about that.  Is there nothing in the works to go VM route 
with byte code?  Or, would that not work for a dynamic language like 
Ruby?  Is there just not the demand for compiled code presently?

There are multiple VM's for Ruby, are these for better performance?

On the other hand, what I find attractive about Ruby is that there's no 
need for ANT build files.  This is a major feature of the language, for 
me.



-Thufir