[ruby-talk:4742] Ruby bindings to XPCOM (Mozilla's component architecture) for Komodo IDE

Hi,

Dr. David Ascher, Senior Developer and Mozilla Product Leader, ActiveState
writes:

> "Our contributions to the Mozilla open
> source effort will start with adding Python and Perl bindings to
> XPCOM, Mozilla's component architecture. This change will open the
> Mozilla architecture and eventually make it available to Perl and
> Python programmers."

Is anyone interested in adding Ruby bindings to XPCOM?

In addition to providing Ruby access to Mozilla, this would make it possible
for us to add Ruby support to the Komodo IDE when it becomes available. (It
will be released as open source.)

http://www.activestate.com/Corporate/Media_Center/News/Press959150636.html

> ActiveState, a leading supplier of products and services supporting
> open source software, announced today that the company will use
> Mozilla software code as a cross platform development framework for
> Komodo, its Perl and Python integrated development environment (IDE).
>
> Komodo is a full-featured, cross-platform, professional development
> environment with characteristics not traditionally available with
> current scripting languages. Its timesaving features include online
> help (giving programmers quick access to definitions, discussions, and
> examples) and an interactive debugger (allowing programmers to see the
> program, even if it is running on a remote server, to facilitate
> remote debugging).

Conrad