From: James Britt <james.britt@...>
Date: 2009-04-23T10:38:51+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] Diamondback Ruby - Static Typing for Ruby

Mike Furr wrote:
> I am pleased to announce that the first public release of the
> Diamondback Ruby static type inference system is now available!
> 
>           http://www.cs.umd.edu/projects/PL/druby/
> 
> Diamondback Ruby (DRuby) is a research project that aims to bring the
> benefits of static typing to Ruby without compromising the feel of the
> language. The main features of DRuby are:

FWIW, the name "druby" already has a history:

   http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/druby/

   http://www.cse.dmu.ac.uk/~hgs/ruby/dRuby/


But otherwise, quite cool looking.



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