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

[Colin Thomas Arnold Gray]

Just because RubyMotion is compiled doesn't mean it can't have metaprogramming and reflection abilities. These features are not orthogonal to each other. It is true that most compiled languages DON'T have these features, but objective-c definitely DOES.

For some light reading, check out (if you're curious) the Objective-C runtime functions. It's easy to see how RubyMotion can take advantages of that system. 

On the topic of "if it doesn't implement feature ‘X’ then its not Ruby": There is not just one implementation of Ruby. The standard library and syntax are defined by the MRI implementation, but JRuby, IronRuby, Maglev and Rubinius all introduce different takes (and then there's mruby, but it's not fair to compare that one).

There is an oft-quoted Ruby-ism that applies here: "If it looks like Ruby, and walks like Ruby, it's Ruby" ;-)

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