From: Brian Ingerson <ingy@...>
Date: 2002-09-14T05:45:23+09:00
Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: RubyInline 1.0.4 Released! (fwd)]

On 13/09/02 12:09 -0700, Paul Prescod wrote:
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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: RubyInline 1.0.4 Released! (fwd)
> Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2002 02:00:57 +0900
> From: William Djaja Tjokroaminata <billtj@z.glue.umd.edu>
> Reply-To: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org
> Organization: University of Maryland College Park
> To: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org (ruby-talk ML)
> Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby
> References: 
> <Pine.LNX.4.21.0209101712440.3470-100000@sanpietro.red-bean.com> 
> <alls6501s0h@enews3.newsguy.com> <slrnanubll.pu5.mike@ratdog.stok.co.uk> 
> <878z266op9.fsf@mycroft.homenet>
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> Hmmmm, I think you basically have the right idea.
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> Now, how about Ruby::Inline::Python?  Anyone dares to do that? :)
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> Cheers,
> 
> Bill
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> Avdi B. Grimm <avdi@avdi.org> wrote:
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>  > I say Ruby::Inline is a great idea, and I hope it is extended to other
>  > languages.  As a matter of fact, IIRC the original writer of
>  > Perl::Inline commented that having a Perl::Inline::Ruby module was a bit
>  > bass-ackward, since it made more sense to be able to include legacy
>  > Perl code in Ruby! :-)

True. But from a refactoring standpoint, you could slowly replace Perl code
with Ruby until it all passes.

Cheers, Brian (the Inline guy)

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>  > ~Avdi
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