From: John Joyce <dangerwillrobinsondanger@...>
Date: 2007-10-24T02:00:48+09:00
Subject: Re: IronRuby...will it be like J++?


On Oct 23, 2007, at 11:48 AM, John Lam (DLR) wrote:

> Austin Ziegler [mailto:halostatue@gmail.com]:
>>
>> I think the biggest risk to IronRuby is the CLR, not the IronRuby
>> implementation itself. As noted, that's in a reasonably open license.
>
> I'm interested in why you think that the CLR is a risk? We've  
> standardized CLR via the CLI and there is an open-source  
> implementation of the CLR in Mono. DLR / IronRuby should just run  
> on Mono in binary form.
>
> -John
>
>
I think it is about the tendency for things to get a focus on calls  
that only work on windows.
The thinking that Visual C++/CLI is C++ for example...
In the end I think it will be that. It may well make programming  
Windows that much easier and better by doing it in Ruby, or a Ruby at  
least.
I'm looking forward to simply seeing what can/will be done with it  
regardless.