From: Ben Crowell <crowell02@...>
Date: 2002-01-22T08:44:59+09:00
Subject: Re: RANT: Ruby GUI API

As a mac user, I'm curious to what extent all this could actually
work on MacOS X. Although Tk exists on MacOS X, Perl/Tk doesn't work
yet. Does Ruby's Tk interface work on MacOS X? Also, Fox hasn't yet
been ported to MacOS, so presumably RubyFX won't work yet. It's
also too bad that OpenStep is separate from GNUstep.

Why is it necessary for one API to become the official Ruby
Way To Do a GUI? To me the issue is simply knowing that I can
write to an API that will allow users to use my software, without
having to tell them to download a bunch of special libraries
they don't already have. What's wrong with including 2 or 3
different APIs with the standard Ruby distribution?