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

[Christopher S Martin]

They recently added support for OS X to rubymotion:
http://blog.rubymotion.com/post/49943751398/rubymotion-goes-2-0-and-gets-os-x-support-templates
That said, since rubymotion is (I believe) based off of macruby with some
additions specifically around static compilation of apps, I don't know if
the issues around GC/ARC would be any better in rubymotion on OS X, as I've
only used it for iOS.


On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 10:56 AM, Jeff Dyck <fsjjeff at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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