Korundum Brings eXtreme RAD to Linux

anonymous writes "The Free Software community is on a quest for the next generation development environment. Is it .Net, is it Java? Many (including Havoc) are quick to dismiss some of the gems invented by the Free Software community itself. Yes, Ruby is an incredibly consistent and clean language designed specifically to incorporate many of the best features and ideas of predecessors. Absolutely everything in Ruby is an object and practically everything can be redefined or extended on the fly. The effects and resulting power of such flexibility can be quite astounding to those who have adapted to contemporary language limitations. Now, the Ruby environment has been seamlessly integrated into KDE through Korundum, meaning that well-integrated and first-class desktop citizens for Linux can be sketched and developed in an extremely short time. Caveat: No explicit compilation is required and programming seems so easy it feels like cheating."

Comments

Re:Meh?

[Anonymous Coward]

JRuby is a ruby implentation for the java JVM, it isn't a binding. The current ruby implementation isn't a byte code interpreter, it evaluates the AST at runtime. Alex Kellett the QtRuby/Korundum co-author is working on a ruby JIT project called Rubydium.

-- Richard

Re:Is it ok as a beginner's langage ?

[CatGrep]

So, is it ok as a beginner langage ?

For a tutorial, check out Why's Poignant Guide to Ruby, or if that's just a bit too bizarre you might have a look at this Ruby tutorial.