Dieter, if VB never makes it to the Mac, then neither will Grasshopper since it's written in VB.NET. You're right about python scripting on Mac, it will most likely be the language of choice. For Rhino5 on Windows, we're adding support for many other languages as well, including IronPython.
I hesitate to give you advice on this, but I think I can safely tell you to postpone any decisions until the Python component is back in Grasshopper. -- David Rutten Robert McNeel & Associates On Oct 21, 11:14 pm, Dieter Toews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > wait... I somewhat take it back... > > I was just looking at the Mono website and found > this:http://mono-project.com/Visual_Basic > > So it appears that VB.net scripting might work after-all. > > David, what do you think? Given the position I'm in as a mac user and > ruby liker, which language should I put energy into? > > - Dieter > > On Oct 21, 3:57 pm, Dieter Toews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Yes, But.... > > > It will be unlikely that VB.Net Will ever be supported in the mac > > version of Rhino. The probability of C# stuff working is better > > because of the mono project. Python is a truly cross platform > > language, and thus, will probably become the primary scripting > > language for the OS X version of rhino. This in turn may eventually > > influence the preferred scripting language across the rhino ecosystem > > (although I personally vote that GH become the preferred scripting > > language across the rhino ecosystem). > > > David - from the little I've seen of python I tend to agree with you. > > I would have preferred to see ruby become the standard but so-it-goes. > > > Summary, > > I'm not going to bother putting energy into VB or C# becuase i'lll > > probaly not have those as an option in the future anyhow. > > > Cheers, Dieter
