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Interview With the Creator of Ruby

Posted by Unknown on from the and-you-thought-java-was-slow dept.

snydeq writes "Ruby creator Yukihiro Matsumoto discusses the past, present, and future of the popular programming language, calling mobile the next target for Ruby: 'I'm currently working on an alternative subset or dialect of Ruby for the small devices. I'm going to make it public early next year. Of course, mobile computing is the way to go, so that's one of the reasons I focus on the Ruby dialect working on the smaller devices.'"

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  1. I am not sure why... by Windwraith · · Score: 3, Interesting

    ...but this statement:

    > Of course, mobile computing is the way to go

    It kind of depresses me for some reason. I am not being ironic, I am serious. I don't know why that makes me feel down.

    I feel like all the training I did to be able to code games** in a PC is going to be obsolete before I know it.

    **or any other desktop coding

  2. Re:TFA is nothing but fluff by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Oh let's see...

    1. What are prospects of incorporating true, concurrent multithreads?

    2. JIT - why or why not? and when?

    3. Is performance closer to Java realistic for Ruby? What are the obstacles?

    This is just the most pressing stuff and I don't even use Ruby much anymore.