Eloy Duran
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Mon Jun 9 17:30:11 JST 2008
Hey Pim, See http://ruby.macosforge.org/trac/wiki/WhyMacRuby for info on the subject. Cheers, Eloy On Jun 9, 2008, at 10:14 AM, Pim Snel wrote: > Perhaps a stupid question. But what's the difference between MacRuby > and RubyCocoa? > > Regards, > Pim Snel > > Op 7 jun 2008, om 02:48 heeft Laurent Sansonetti het volgende > geschreven: > >> Hi, >> >> After 3 months of development, here comes the second release of >> MacRuby, 0.2! Check it out while it's still hot! >> >> MacRuby is a version of Ruby 1.9, ported to run directly on top of >> Mac >> OS X core technologies such as the Objective-C common runtime and >> garbage collector, and the CoreFoundation framework. While still a >> work in progress, it is the goal of MacRuby to enable the creation of >> full-fledged Mac OS X applications which do not sacrifice performance >> in order to enjoy the benefits of using Ruby. >> >> You can learn more about MacRuby, and download a binary installer, >> from the website: >> >> http://ruby.macosforge.org >> >> This is an important release, addressing many bugs, but also >> re-implementing parts of the runtime using the CoreFoundation >> framework. >> >> In MacRuby 0.2, all strings, arrays and hashes are now native Cocoa >> types, respectively NSString, NSArray and NSDictionary objects. The >> entire String, Array and Hash interface was rewritten on top of the >> Cocoa equivalents, using the powerful CoreFoundation framework. The >> previous implementation, inherited from MRI, is not used anymore. >> >> The rationale behind this change is simple. It is not necessary >> anymore to convert Ruby primitive types to Cocoa, or vice-versa. For >> example, a String created in MacRuby can be passed as is, without >> conversion, to an underlying C or Objective-C API that expects an >> NSString. And vice-versa, any method of the Ruby String class can be >> performed on an NSString that comes from Objective-C. >> >> Enjoy, >> >> Laurent >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Rubycocoa-devel mailing list >> Rubyc****@lists***** >> http://lists.sourceforge.jp/mailman/listinfo/rubycocoa-devel > > _______________________________________________ > Rubycocoa-devel mailing list > Rubyc****@lists***** > http://lists.sourceforge.jp/mailman/listinfo/rubycocoa-devel
