Re: Dynamic Language Runtime

2007-05-10 Thread David Bovill
Thanks for the lowdown Mark! It's a pity OSA didn't take off - I remember having some success with coding JavaScript, AppleScript, and event tried but failed some python I think all within Rev IDE (back when we had MetaCard), its just that the incentives were not there for the language

Re: Dynamic Language Runtime

2007-05-09 Thread David Bovill
Thanks Mark. In general you seem to be supporting the potential of this path? It seems at this stage more promising than other stabs at this no - say Open Scripting Architecture (OSA), and yes it means a lot more than just a browser plugin - though i guess this would get most peoples attention

Re: Dynamic Language Runtime

2007-05-09 Thread Mark Wieder
David- Wednesday, May 9, 2007, 8:21:09 AM, you wrote: A question about writing a transcript compiler for DLR? What does this involve - starting from scratch in C# or if you were RunRev and already presumably had some code basis for a compiler would you be able to use that directly - I guess

Dynamic Language Runtime

2007-05-08 Thread Mark Wieder
David- I was part of a DLR roundtable discussion at CommunityOne day at JavaOne yesterday, so I think I can speak to this from the bleeding edge. A few points to consider: 1. The DLR is alpha. I'm bullish on it, and it's very promising, but there are quite a few rough edges and things that just