Am 31.03.2011 um 10:26 schrieb Jean-Denis Muys: > > I will be blunt: stay away from MacRuby and go with Objective-C.
I say, if you don't know either Ruby or Objective-C yet, stay away from MacRuby. All those ruby dev who like me are most likely coming from webdevelopment, dive into this new world of desktop applications. It's a fascinating world. > - Less applicable resources for learning: less examples, less books, less > blog posts, less people to help you out. Which is great if you are able and willing to fill those gaps. Open Source is not only about using what exists but also to add something new to it. Over time you will get deeper and more profund understanding. > Now the MacRuby journey might taste a lot better, depending on you. And if > for you "the reward is the _journey_", you might consider it. +1 > - One thing is for sure: demand for iOS Ruby programmers is zero. Which might be subject to change. Don't forget, the only two things keeping MacRuby from iOS is the lack of a garbage collector and the App Store policy about programming languages. Both in the hands of Apple, just like MacRuby itself. _______________________________________________ MacRuby-devel mailing list MacRuby-devel@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macruby-devel
