Good questions. I'd certainly like to see Apple put its weight behind MacRuby and leave us with an official word of support. Like you I have a hard time putting much effort into something that is wishy washy in its relationship with Apple. I still use Python for most of my scripting needs and need compelling reasons to pull away from it.
As to Objective-C it really isn't that bad. Especially if development is done on modern hardware, where it is almost as interactive as working with an interpreter. I'm not sure if a reasonable person would see MacRuby as a threat to Objective-C. I could see people developing the opinion that it is a waste of time. There is a difference! In any event my impression is a bit different than yours, I actually thought things where going fairly well at Apple MacRuby wise. Maybe I missed something. Sent from my iPad On Dec 20, 2011, at 11:06 AM, Dan Farrand <d...@greenrivercomputing.com> wrote: > I would like to probe sentiment around the future for MacRuby ? is there a > future ? I am drawn to it - I like Ruby as a language and development > approach. I appreciate the entrance it provides into Cocoa without having to > sign up for Objective-C. But where does it fit within Apple's longer term > view ? Is MacRuby about to be Orphaned ? It seems like something happened > around march 2011. What are the groups within Apple that hate MacRuby and > want to kill it as a threat to Objective-C ? I am loath to invest a lot of > time and coding in something that is a dead-end. Would love to hear insights > from anyone with better insight. > > > Dan Farrand > 1-307-367-2276 > > This message is intended only for the person or company to which it is > addressed and is considered to be confidential unless otherwise identified as > not being confidential. Please prohibit any dissemination of this information > by or to persons or entities other than the intended recipient. If you > received this in error, please contact the sender. Green River Computing > Services is a Wyoming corporation. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacRuby-devel mailing list > MacRuby-devel@lists.macosforge.org > http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macruby-devel _______________________________________________ MacRuby-devel mailing list MacRuby-devel@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macruby-devel
