From: Jayson Williams <williams.jayson@...>
Date: 2008-11-07T02:11:46+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby has a Face that it wears on its feet

>
> Ever looked into rubys source, it ships with tk bindings.
>

I have used TK for as long as I have been using Ruby. Tk works well,
and it was fairly easy to pick up. But wouldn't it be great if Shoes
was packaged with ruby in the same way. Instead of having to call
Shoes apps with shoes..., I could call either a straight Ruby script
or Ruby/Shoes app, both using ruby...

We currently have one language that does all Ruby with no direct GUI,
and another app that does all Ruby GUI with no non GUI support. That
is a big duplication of effort. They both have Ruby in common. Ruby
needs a GUI, and Shoes needs Ruby. Merging them seems like a very
logical step to me.

~Jay