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February 08, 2008 | Comments: (0)
Ruby.Net set to continue
The Ruby.Net compiler project to bring the Ruby language to the .Net environment is set to continue as a extension to Microsoft's IronRuby project, which also involves running Ruby on .Net.
The leader of Ruby.Net, Wayne Kelly, this week announced he would instead be supporting IronRuby. But another Ruby.Net advocate, M. David Peterson, in an email said he believed the Ruby.Net project now should center on extending IronRuby. Peterson said would be interested in taking over as Ruby.Net project lead but that the matter is open for discussion on the Ruby.Net list.
"If there is any one message I believe must be broadcast above all else it's that the Ruby.Net project should continue forward shadowing the work of the IronRuby project as it relates to the language features and syntax, not as an alternative Ruby language implementation for the .Net platform but as a complementary extension to IronRuby."
"In other words," Peterson said, "if as a developer I write code targeted towards IronRuby that same code should run exactly the same via Ruby.NET when compiled into a .Net assembly, whether that be an executable or DLL."
The primary focus of the Ruby.Net project could be on static compilation of Ruby code targeted at IronRuby while a secondary focus could be on experimental language and platform features, Peterson said.
Ensuring one-to-one compatibility with IronRuby also is a priority. Another area to ponder is concurrency via Actors/Agents, in which Actors or Agents, or objects, pass messages from one to another. This could become a core part of the Ruby language, Peterson said.
Posted by Paul Krill on February 8, 2008 08:27 AM
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