Robert Feldt started implementing a Ruby to Neko compiler in Ruby. He can maybe talk more about it but I think he just did a proof-of-concept.
Yes, it was a proof-of-concept to explore some ways to map Ruby's OO mechanisms to Neko ones. It was fairly easy.
With further work it might be possible to run 100% of Ruby on NekoVM, which might be very interesting for Ruby users interested in performances. Of course one of the big part of the work is to reimplement the Ruby C libraries by using the Neko ones.
If someone is interested in this I plan to work on it in late summer (I'm hoping the Neko JIT and maybe also continuation support will be there by then). Would be great to setup a group effort. Personally, I think a Ruby compiler targetting Neko is far more interesting and has more potential than the current efforts to implement a new and special Ruby VM for Ruby 2.0. YMMV. Best regards, Robert Feldt [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Neko : One VM to run them all (http://nekovm.org)
