It's been great to read everyones thoughts on this subject. It's helped me get a better perspective on what MacRuby is.
I am a Ruby newbie but have been working on Mac for a long time, mostly in the "business applications" space. Here is my 2 cents. I am very much a Mac fanboy and consequently an Apple advocate. However, I think Apple's weak spot going into the future is Objective-C. I view this issue as somewhat separate from Cocoa, but maybe folks who know more than I do will tell me that they are fused together. I don't actually find it pleasurable to code in Objective-C. There just seems to be too much abstraction, syntax and long rambling class/method names cluttering up the the editor window. I do find Ruby enjoyable to code in. I view Ruby as a way for Apple to provide more accessible pathways for would-be Mac and iOS developers. I had thought this might even have been Apple's idea in supporting MacRuby, But after hearing from everyone, I'm guessing it's more of a "lets keep our options open" attitude and Apples support is real but speculative. There is certainly no indication that Apple sees a problem with it's dependence on Objective-C. The Steve Jobs Apple probably sees it as a big plus because they effectively control the language. If nothing else, it looks like MacRuby is a fun way to poke around inside Cocoa so it's worth pushing into. thanks everyone for taking the time to respond to my original query. _______________________________________________ MacRuby-devel mailing list MacRuby-devel@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macruby-devel
