From: Mark Wilson <mwilson13@...>
Date: 2003-11-20T13:05:06+09:00
Subject: Re: "stereotyping" (was: Re: Strong Typing (Re: Managing metadata about attribute types) )


On Nov 19, 2003, at 6:19 PM, Sean O'Dell wrote:

> [snip]

>> It's not that I don't want to listen: it's that type checking
>> doesn't help in the real world. Ruby is used in a number of real
>> world large-scale projects.
>
> No, it is not.  Perhaps one day.  But not right now.  Java and C++ own 
> that
> distinction, and I think if called the conglomeration of scripts 
> written in
> Perl that I've seen thrown together in one directory a "project" then 
> I think
> Perl is a runner-up.  Perhaps if you could all the interface code that 
> PHP
> has generated, it would also be up there somewhere.  Ruby is used in 
> some
> fair-sized projects, but I can't think of a single large, successful 
> one
> right now.

[snip]

At the recent lightweight languages conference, some BBN people gave a 
talk on ACME ("a parallel agent system for testing used in UltraLog, a 
DARPA effort aimed at creating an ultra-survivable multi-agent 
society"), that's driven by Ruby. I believe Rich Kilmer was involved in 
writing the underlying Ruby infrastructure. They have video, it's the 
first presentation in Session 1.

http://ll3.ai.mit.edu/

Regards,

Mark