From: Daniel Carrera <dcarrera@...>
Date: 2002-12-19T07:59:49+09:00
Subject: Re: Why a compiled Ruby?

I'd also like to see  compiler for the purpose of ease of distribution.

The Perl guys are working on Parrot.  Does anyone know how exactly Parrot
works?  Is it akin to Java's JVM?  I ask because, if it is, we could
compile Ruby for the Parrot bytecode instead of machine code.  Then Ruby
could be "compile once, run everywhere", a la Java.

Another thought is to compile Ruby to the�.NET CLI.  The Mono project is
making good progress.  If it catches on in Linuxland, thisf might be an
option.

Daniel Carrera
Graduate Teaching Assistant.  Math Dept.
University of Maryland.  (301) 405-5137

On Thu, 19 Dec 2002, Charles Hixson wrote:

> christopher.j.meisenzahl@citicorp.com wrote:
>
> >I can't speak for others, but I would be interested in such a thing. But not
> >for having a true native machine code executable. But rather for ease of
> >distribution. ...
> >Christopher J. Meisenzahl CPS, CSTE
> >Senior Software Testing Consultant
> >Spherion
> >christopher.j.meisenzahl@citicorp.com
> >
> I agree completely.  It's probably a tad difficult, but the lack of such
> a facility causes me to keep looking at Python, and it's a serious
> component of why I'm doing my current project in Java at work.
>
> Truthfully, one of the things that I look at about Python is Pyrex, a
> compiler for easily blending C and Python.  I have no idea how well it
> works, but the concept is so intriguing!  (But I'd still need to be able
> to distribute the final package.)
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