[#54640] bRuby? — Austin Ziegler <austin@...>

Can anyone explain to me what Yuya's package bRuby

16 messages 2002/11/01
[#54646] Re: bRuby? — Matt Gushee <mgushee@...> 2002/11/01

On Fri, Nov 01, 2002 at 11:40:51AM +0900, Austin Ziegler wrote:

[#55128] Re: bRuby? (Yet another Ruby parser) — ptkwt@...1.aracnet.com (Phil Tomson) 2002/11/07

In article <20021107151904lBE13F@ohmsha.co.jp>,

[#54839] rubyconf notes — Pat Eyler <pate@...>

On Saturday Night, I recommended that attendees of Ruby Conf send off

38 messages 2002/11/04
[#54881] Matz Roundtable Summary (was Re: rubyconf notes) — Paul Duncan <pabs@...> 2002/11/05

Below is my pieced together summary of matz's roundtable summary. It's

[#54862] A vision for Parrot — Daniel Pfeiffer <occitan@...>

Hi,

80 messages 2002/11/04

[#54889] PGP on the list (was: Re: Matz Roundtable Summary) — Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>

Paul Duncan (pabs@pablotron.org) wrote:

12 messages 2002/11/05

[#54906] Win32 support issues — "Gavin Sinclair" <gsinclair@...>

<quote source="roundtable">

14 messages 2002/11/05

[#55091] PGP signatures — "Gavin Sinclair" <gsinclair@...>

From: "Paul Duncan" <pabs@pablotron.org>

18 messages 2002/11/07

[#55149] Making Instace Variables Private/Local — William Djaja Tjokroaminata <billtj@...>

Hi Matz,

27 messages 2002/11/07

[#55221] CPAN Style installer — Tom Clarke <tom@...2i.com>

Hi all,

30 messages 2002/11/08
[#55233] Re: CPAN Style installer — ptkwt@...1.aracnet.com (Phil Tomson) 2002/11/08

In article <Pine.LNX.4.44.0211071926160.7998-100000@localhost.localdomain>,

[#55241] Re: CPAN Style installer — Tom Clarke <tom@...2i.com> 2002/11/08

On Fri, 8 Nov 2002, Phil Tomson wrote:

[#55290] Re: CPAN Style installer — " JamesBritt" <james@...> 2002/11/08

>

[#55291] Re: CPAN Style installer — tom <tom@...2i.com> 2002/11/08

On Sat, 9 Nov 2002, JamesBritt wrote:

[#55304] Re: CPAN Style installer — " JamesBritt" <james@...> 2002/11/08

> From: tom [mailto:tom@u2i.com]

[#55258] Beginner Question (Idiomatic way to subset an array — "Booth, Peter" <Peter.Booth@...>

I'm wondering if there is a more idiomatic way to do the following?

20 messages 2002/11/08
[#55261] Re: Beginner Question (Idiomatic way to subset an array — ahoward <ahoward@...> 2002/11/08

On Fri, 8 Nov 2002, Booth, Peter wrote:

[#55268] return MyClass.new vs self.type.send :new — ahoward <ahoward@...> 2002/11/08

[#55361] Lighting Rod — Eric Armstrong <eric.armstrong@...>

I love Ruby's smalltalk features. I really do.

16 messages 2002/11/09

[#55369] Why use 'include' — Eric Schwartz <emschwar@...>

As requested, here's a FAQ question & answer on the usage of modules

13 messages 2002/11/09

[#55372] Random idea: Procedural CGI?? — "Hal E. Fulton" <hal9000@...>

I've been musing about something today,

17 messages 2002/11/09

[#55442] Recording of the Ruby segement on LL2 — Yohanes Santoso <ysantoso@...>

Hi all,

22 messages 2002/11/09

[#55461] www.ruby-doc.org — " JamesBritt" <james@...>

Jim Freeze's presentation at RubyConf 2002 mentioned, among other things, the

18 messages 2002/11/10

[#55563] EuRuKo: European Ruby conference — Armin Roehrl <armin@...>

Hi all,

15 messages 2002/11/11

[#55571] ruby-dev summary 18613-18710 — TAKAHASHI Masayoshi <maki@...>

Hi all,

26 messages 2002/11/11
[#55926] Re: ruby-dev summary 18613-18710 — timsuth@... (Tim Sutherland) 2002/11/15

In article <20021112020739J.maki@rubycolor.org>, TAKAHASHI Masayoshi wrote:

[#55929] Re: ruby-dev summary 18613-18710 — dblack@... 2002/11/15

Hi --

[#55955] Re: ruby-dev summary 18613-18710 — timsuth@... (Tim Sutherland) 2002/11/15

In article <Pine.LNX.4.44.0211142157370.25867-100000@candle.superlink.net>,

[#55750] Another Newbie question regarding instance variables? — montana <montana@...99.bsd.st>

The value of an instance variable is only available to the instance of the class, whereas the value of the class variable is available to all instances of the class? Is this correct?

10 messages 2002/11/13

[#55815] RubyConf 2002 Slides for FreeRIDE Presentation — "Curt Hibbs" <curt@...>

I finally got the slides online from Rich Kilmer's FreeRIDE presentation at

40 messages 2002/11/14
[#55828] Re: RubyConf 2002 Slides for FreeRIDE Presentation — " JamesBritt" <james@...> 2002/11/14

>

[#55829] Re: RubyConf 2002 Slides for FreeRIDE Presentation — "Curt Hibbs" <curt@...> 2002/11/14

JamesBritt wrote:

[#56087] Re: RubyConf 2002 Slides for FreeRIDE Presentation — Robert McGovern <tarasis@...> 2002/11/17

Curt Hibbs wrote:

[#56088] Re: RubyConf 2002 Slides for FreeRIDE Presentation — "Rich Kilmer" <rich@...> 2002/11/17

Extensibility IN RUBY was the key thing for us. We wanted the IDE to be

[#55818] regex help — "Shashank Date" <sdate@...>

Using ruby 1.7.3 (2002-10-12) [i386-mswin32] on Win XP (Home)

14 messages 2002/11/14

[#55842] Ruby equivalent to Python's map()? — wolfoxbr@... (Roberto Amorim)

Hi...

18 messages 2002/11/14

[#56045] Not really a ruby question, but this is a smart group. Win32 file.write timing. — jcb@... (MetalOne)

I am trying to write non-compressed video to a file at 40 fps.

16 messages 2002/11/16

[#56119] ruby-dev summary 18711-18810 — Minero Aoki <aamine@...>

Hi all,

34 messages 2002/11/18

[#56131] identing ruby in vim — Maur兤io <briqueabraque@...>

Hi,

14 messages 2002/11/18

[#56158] install.rb/setup.rb question — ptkwt@...1.aracnet.com (Phil Tomson)

I want to install a script that will be run as an executable which isn't a

26 messages 2002/11/18

[#56250] Need help dynamically creating classes. — pgregory@... (Paul Gregory)

I have a system at the moment where I create 'things' based on a base

11 messages 2002/11/19

[#56300] untainted, unfrozen, honest-to-god session data! — "Chris" <nemo@...>

Hello,

12 messages 2002/11/20

[#56376] Interpreted vs compiled [FAQ] defining methods anywhere — Daniel Carrera <dcarrera@...>

Hello,

13 messages 2002/11/21
[#56378] Re: [FAQ] Interpreted vs compiled [FAQ] defining methods anywhere — "Iain 'Spoon' Truskett" <spoon-dated-1039065493.b360fd@...> 2002/11/21

* Daniel Carrera (dcarrera@math.umd.edu) [21 Nov 2002 16:07]:

[#56388] Ruby is too slow — jcb@... (MetalOne)

I have been writing some image processing algorithms that run on incoming

37 messages 2002/11/21

[#56440] Multiple constructors? — christopher.j.meisenzahl@...

18 messages 2002/11/21

[#56469] The ultimate Application — "Dat Nguyen" <thucdat@...>

13 messages 2002/11/21

[#56593] Ruby idom needed — Robert Cowham <rc@...>

What's the best ruby idiom for the following Perl:

23 messages 2002/11/24

[#56633] Things That Newcomers to Ruby Should Know (11/24/02) — William Djaja Tjokroaminata <billtj@...>

Hi,

56 messages 2002/11/25
[#56679] Re: Things That Newcomers to Ruby Should Know (11/24/02) — William Djaja Tjokroaminata <billtj@...> 2002/11/25

Hi,

[#56694] Re: Things That Newcomers to Ruby Should Know (11/24/02) — "Gavin Sinclair" <gsinclair@...> 2002/11/26

From: "Simon Cozens" <simon@simon-cozens.org>

[#56695] Re: Things That Newcomers to Ruby Should Know (11/24/02) — Daniel Carrera <dcarrera@...> 2002/11/26

[#56722] Re: Things That Newcomers to Ruby Should Know (11/24/02) — Austin Ziegler <austin@...> 2002/11/26

On Tue, 26 Nov 2002 09:21:48 +0900, Daniel Carrera wrote:

[#56725] Re: Things That Newcomers to Ruby Should Know (11/24/02) — Daniel Carrera <dcarrera@...> 2002/11/26

> It's applicable to a small subset of the total set of classes.

[#56726] Re: Things That Newcomers to Ruby Should Know (11/24/02) — "Gavin Sinclair" <gsinclair@...> 2002/11/26

[#56729] Re: Things That Newcomers to Ruby Should Know (11/24/02) — Daniel Carrera <dcarrera@...> 2002/11/26

[snip]

[#56738] Re: Things That Newcomers to Ruby Should Know (11/24/02) — dblack@... 2002/11/26

Hi --

[#56744] Re: Things That Newcomers to Ruby Should Know (11/24/02) — Jason Persampieri <helgaorg@...> 2002/11/26

> You're not changing the letter 'a' itself; you're

[#56764] Re: Things That Newcomers to Ruby Should Know (11/24/02) — "Hal E. Fulton" <hal9000@...> 2002/11/26

----- Original Message -----

[#56807] Re: Things That Newcomers to Ruby Should Know (11/24/02) — Jason Persampieri <helgaorg@...> 2002/11/26

OK... I get it... I understood your argument (although

[#56812] Re: Things That Newcomers to Ruby Should Know (11/24/02) — William Djaja Tjokroaminata <billtj@...> 2002/11/26

Jason Persampieri <helgaorg@yahoo.com> wrote:

[#56814] Re: Things That Newcomers to Ruby Should Know (11/24/02) — dblack@... 2002/11/26

Hi --

[#56665] FXRuby on Mandrake 8.2 — Ludo <coquelle@...>

Hi, could someone help a beginner rubyer please ?

15 messages 2002/11/25

[#56708] Default value of property — Tim Bates <tim@...>

I have an object, with a method that returns another object, or nil under

20 messages 2002/11/26

[#56719] each_with_index & collect_with_index? — Tim Bates <tim@...>

Array.each (and others) have an alternative .each_index which passes the index

34 messages 2002/11/26
[#56734] Re: each_with_index & collect_with_index? — dblack@... 2002/11/26

Hi --

[#56800] Re: each_with_index & collect_with_index? — Gordon Miller <gmiller@...> 2002/11/26

> As for the second.... I recently appointed myself President of

[#56845] Re: each_with_index & collect_with_index? — why the lucky stiff <ruby-talk@...> 2002/11/27

Gordon Miller (gmiller@promisemark.com) wrote:

[#56849] Re: each_with_index & collect_with_index? — Jason Persampieri <helgaorg@...> 2002/11/27

> It would be really cool if, instead of having a

[#56851] Re: each_with_index & collect_with_index? — dblack@... 2002/11/27

Hi --

[#56772] RCR: Stack, Queue alias methods in Array — Martin DeMello <martindemello@...>

Rationale: Ruby arrays can be easily used as stacks and queues, but it's

46 messages 2002/11/26
[#56793] Re: RCR: Stack, Queue alias methods in Array — matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto) 2002/11/26

Hi,

[#56797] Re: RCR: Stack, Queue alias methods in Array — Nikodemus Siivola <tsiivola@...> 2002/11/26

[#56967] call-by-reference problem again — Shannon Fang <xrfang@...>

Hi there,

23 messages 2002/11/27
[#56970] Re: call-by-reference problem again — William Djaja Tjokroaminata <billtj@...> 2002/11/27

Shannon Fang <xrfang@hotmail.com> wrote:

[#56972] Re: call-by-reference problem again — Dave Thomas <Dave@...> 2002/11/27

William Djaja Tjokroaminata <billtj@y.glue.umd.edu> writes:

[#57146] Ruby ++, the one element and generators — "MikkelFJ" <mikkelfj-anti-spam@...>

21 messages 2002/11/30

[#57172] Numerical Ruby — Olivier Saut <Olivier.Saut@...>

Hi all,

14 messages 2002/11/30

Re: A vision for Parrot

From: "Donal K. Fellows" <donal.k.fellows@...>
Date: 2002-11-12 15:49:48 UTC
List: ruby-talk #55652
Benjamin Goldberg wrote:
> Considering that Jcl and Jython exist, it seems like a reasonable goal

(JCL is something else.  I'd rather not remember it thankyouverymuch.)

> would be to make an interpreter which turns Java's .class files into
> Parrot .pasm files.  Once that tool exists, one could simply translate
> Jcl and Jython into parrot... there would be no need to re-implement
> them.
> 
> And one day, in the distant future, there will be a Perl6 decompiler,
> which will turn Parrot bytecode into Perl6.  Then we'll be able to
> convert the translated Jython and Jcl into Perl6 :)

$10 says that only ever happens with a performance hit.  The problem is that not
all bytecodes are created equal.  (And Jacl is an implementation of Tcl in Java
more in the way that the usual form of Tcl is an implementation of the language
in C.  The fact that Java uses bytecodes is pretty much just a distraction
here.  We also have another way of integrating Tcl with Java that keeps Tcl
implemented in C, but which integrates almost identically with the Java
language.)

> > This sort of thing tends to make me suspicious that this is little
> > more than a pipe-dream, well, at least as far as Tcl's concerned.  (I
> > don't know the other languages nearly well enough to comment in a
> > useful way.)
[...]
> Assuming you thouroughly understand Tcl's bytecodes, why not take a look
> at Parrot, and see whether the set of bytecodes that parrot supports is
> sufficient to do everything that Tcl's bytecodes do?

I know a bit about Tcl bytecodes, and a key factor about them is that they are
very tightly targetted towards implementing Tcl.

Hmm.  A quick scan through the documentation doesn't really raise my hopes.  Or
even leave me with a deep enough understanding of what's going on; is there any
deeper description than http://www.parrotcode.org/docs/parrot_assembly.pod.html
about?  (OK, Tcl's bytecodes need documentation too, but I've already gone to
the effort to understand those as part of my maintenance and development
duties.  I've just not got enough hours in the day.)  Unfortunately, the bits
that I'm most interested in seem to be the bits with least info (isn't that
always the way with complex software systems?)

First impressions: what is meant by "string" anyway?  Character sequence?  Byte
sequence?  UTF-8 sequence?  ISO 8859-1 sequence?  [FX: Reads docs]  Oh, they
carry about what their encoding is with them?  That must make working with them
fun.  How does it handle things like the blecherous monstrosities[*] used for
system encodings in the Far East?  On a quite separate point, is there a
strncmp() equivalent?  That would make implementing Tcl much easier...

More generally, Tcl would need to use PMCs throughout.  The problem is that
Tcl's value semantics (copy-on-write) do not line up well with that which Parrot
seems to use (object-based) and which, IIRC from the discussions at the time
when Parrot was being created, are closely based on those used in Perl even if
not precisely coincident.  Hence we'd be unable to use ground values except as
part of the implementation of higher-level concepts.  That'll impact badly on
performance.

It's at this point that I feel a round of "Stuff it. I'll stick to implementing
in C." coming on.  I've been quietly watching Parrot for a while now, and I
still don't think that implementing Tcl in it is really a winning proposition. 
I'd love someone to prove me wrong, but proof is building a Tcl interpreter in
or on top of Parrot and running the Tcl test suite on it (and getting a decent
proportion of the tests passing.)

BTW, how does Parrot handle calls to foreign code?  The docs I've seen are on
the hazy side, and integration with existing C, C++ and FORTRAN monoliths is
(alas) all too important in particularly commercial development.

Donal.
[* The cluster of things known as "Shift-JIS" justifies this term. IMHO. ]
-- 
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