From: pgregory@... (Paul Gregory)
Date: 2002-04-17T21:45:31+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby on Psion Series 5

Martin Maciaszek <mmaciaszek@gmx.net> wrote in message news:<4k5pbu8okh8mav9gqi59dbu7n5l778hjg3@4ax.com>...
> On Mon, 15 Apr 2002 13:16:20 GMT, Chris Ross <chris@darkrock.co.uk>
> wrote:
> 
> >On Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 09:41:54PM +0900, sentinel muttered...
> >: Hi,
> >: 
> >: I've posted about this before, as have other people.
> >: 
> >: You may be aware that there is a version of Debian Linux for the ARM
> >: platform, which can be installed on a Flash Card enabling you to run
> >: Linux on a Psion.
> >: 
> >: There is a seperate Ruby package which can then be added. However, it
> >: is an old 1.4 version.
> >: 
> >: Just a thought.
> >
> >By the looks of things the Debian/ARM I run on my psion5mx is testing,
> >and you can actually use 1.6.6.
> >
> 
> How about Ruby for PalmOS? ;))
> 

Yes Please!! :-)

I've seen recently that Tcl has been/is being ported to PalmOS,
however it is handled in such a way that you author you're Tcl
programs on a PC and then convert them to a .pdb to run on the Palm.
I'd dearly like to see a solution whereby Ruby programs can be
authored in situ on the device.

PaulG

> Cheers
> Martin