From: Mathieu Bouchard <matju@...>
Date: 2000-12-22T09:35:54+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:7926] Re: Ruby on .NET? A Perl Experience

> So, stuff to think about. .NET compatibility may get to be a big deal, 
> and Ruby might get hurt without it.
> At the same time, it doesn't sound 
> like an ideal environment for a dynamic language.

I think ActiveState may be omitting some things. According to the
description of the "eiffel dot net" port we've seen recently, there is no
multiple inheritance and there are no mixins either. Perl has multiple
inheritance. Ruby has mixins. There may be other features of Perl/Ruby
that are not supported by "dot net".

I would try to avoid drooling about a "portable but not necessarily
ported", "too little too late" framework like "dot net".

Beware also of the use of words like "hurt" and "legacy".

matju