From: Sean Middleditch <elanthis@...>
Date: 2002-02-23T15:07:28+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby's Future

On Sat, 2002-02-23 at 00:28, Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> In message "Re: Ruby's Future"
>     on 02/02/23, Sean Middleditch <elanthis@awesomeplay.com> writes:
> 
> |I've only got two of the three, only one of which is still functional
> |(other left off in the middle of extensive hacking, and doesn't come
> |close to compiling, and I have no intention of attempting to fix or
> |recent the changes).  An older version of that *should* have been posted
> |(a link, anyways) to this list.
> 
> I wanted to see the API, if you can't release the whole code.
> Any information should be welcome.

The link to the code I provided has an API like the other two languages
I developed.  Except, looking over it now (how nostalgic I am) I realize
that one didn't have have GC.  Of course, making it use GC would be a
no-brainer... although rather pointless, since the language isn't very
useful compared to current languages (like Ruby or Lua).

I started up work on mudparse again today (after a lapse of a few
weeks), once that API is clean/stable, I'll release the code.  The only
thing causing a big holdup there is immediate code executtion - I want
the engine to *also* be able to function similar to PHP (embed commands
in text, and those commands can control the text output), for things
like room descriptions in MUDs... I don't think I'll be able to have it
both ways.  Meaning I'll have to write *two* languages...

:sighs::

> 
> 							matz.