[#3986] Re: Principle of least effort -- another Ruby virtue. — Andrew Hunt <andy@...>

> Principle of Least Effort.

14 messages 2000/07/14

[#4043] What are you using Ruby for? — Dave Thomas <Dave@...>

16 messages 2000/07/16

[#4139] Facilitating Ruby self-propagation with the rig-it autopolymorph application. — Conrad Schneiker <schneik@...>

Hi,

11 messages 2000/07/20

[ruby-talk:04062] Re: Phython and Microsoft's IL

From: Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
Date: 2000-07-16 15:44:28 UTC
List: ruby-talk #4062
"Steve Adams" <sadams3@columbus.rr.com> writes:

> Is there a definition of the IL on the net someplace?

I don't know. This is part of the post:

Mark Hammond <MarkH@ActiveState.com> writes:

> ...

> This new compiler could be compared, conceptually, with JPython - it is
> a completely new implementation of Python.  It has a compiler that
> generates native Windows .DLL/.EXE files.  It uses a runtime that
> consists of a few thousand lines of C# (C-Sharp) code.  The Python
> programs can be debugged at the source level with Visual Studio 7, as
> well as stand-alone debuggers for this environment.  Python can sub-
> class VB or C# classes, and vice-versa.
> 
> Unfortunately, there will not be a public release of their SDK for a
> couple of months - so the only people able to use this compiler are
> people who attended the PDC, and hence have the pre-beta SDK on their
> conference CDs.

> ...

I'm not really a Microsoft watcher, so I don't know much more than
this.


Regards


Dave

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