From: Anders Bengtsson Date: 2002-10-05T02:33:53+09:00 Subject: Re: CRuby (Was: R) dblack@candle.superlink.net wrote: > > Since the interpreter and the language share the same name, how do you > > know if "ruby" refers to the interpreter or language? > > Since at the moment there's no formal definition of Ruby abstracted > from the interpreter (ruby), I think having them share the name is the > clearest thing. It's hard (for me) to know what it would mean, as of > now, to say, "I'm writing a program in Ruby," except that the program > would run under ruby. (Not that that means it would *not* run under, > e.g., JRuby.) An interesting corner case is when you write a script in a language that is clearly Ruby, but uses Java APIs not available in "ruby". But anyway, I think we can manage with "Ruby" for the language and "ruby" for the original interpreter for most uses. /Anders -- A n d e r s B e n g t s s o n | ndrsbngtssn@yahoo.se Stockholm, Sweden | _____________________________________________________ Gratis e-mail resten av livet p� www.yahoo.se/mail Busenkelt!