From: Scott Thompson <easco@...>
Date: 2003-08-28T23:21:21+09:00
Subject: Re: Why would you abandon Ruby? (was)

>> Well, those are the choices in a nutshell.  So, it depends upon what
>> you need to get done and if that task is doable in the sandbox of
>> tools available to the language and if the speed requirements can be
>> handled by the language.
>
> You missed ObjectiveC.  It's a rather nice language, fast (it's just C,
> really, with some OO), and you can script it with Ruby.  It runs on 
> your
> platforms.  Use Ruby where speed doesn't matter and for prototyping,
> migrate to Objective-C for speed.  Call C functions from ObjC.  Best of
> all worlds.

You can also create graphical user interfaces for Ruby using the Cocoa 
frameworks on Mac OS X and the Obj-C bridge at:

<http://www.imasy.or.jp/~hisa/mac/rubycocoa/index.en.html>

Scott