[MacRuby-devel] OS X10.9 & MacRuby's future...

[Jeff Dyck]

Just wanted to add a ditto to this - I'm looking at migrating some old AppleScript Studio projects to MacRuby - my initial testing about a year ago was great, but it seems the stability of MacRuby as a development platform is in question to me at least... I've already been abandoned by AppleScript Studio, don't really want to have to go through relearning a new language and migrating projects a third time.

I'm seeing a few comments on RubyMotion - does that work for developing OS X projects as well?  I was under the impression that was for iOS only, but I can't say I've looked into it much.

Jeff

On May 16, 2013, at 10:40 AM, Michael Shantzis <michael at shantzis.com> wrote:

> Hello all (and especially Carolyn),
> 
> I just want to say that I have the same question, specifically regarding the
> GC/ARC issue.
> 
> The context in which this came up was very revealing. I had been developing a
> fairly complex Cocoa project (ARC enabled) and decided that I had to add some tests.
> Using MacRuby seemed like the natural solution. I quickly noticed, though, that I
> couldn't.
> 
> Is there still any momentum behind MacRuby?  Is there any solution to the issue
> of mixing it with ARC?  I really hope the answer to these two questions is "yes."
> 
> Thank you,
> Michael Shantzis
> 
> 
> On May 16, 2013, at 8:32 AM, Carolyn Ann Grant <carolyn.ann.grant at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi, I've got a question about the future of MacRuby. I like it, and have started working on a project or two using it, but I've been reading about GC and ARC, Ruby 2.0, RubyMotion and so on, and wonder where MacRuby is going? I'm quite concerned because I've put a good amount of time into my MacRuby projects.
>> 
>> I wish I had the knowledge and skill to help with MacRuby - I really do like it! - but unfortunately I don't. I also don't want to invest a lot of further time in MacRuby if it's not going anywhere. (And I really can't spare the $200 it would take to buy RubyMotion.)
>> 
>> I know this comes across as a bit impertinent, but I really would like to know what's happening with MacRuby development. Thanks!
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