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

[Matt Aimonetti]

Simple question tho: how well is Rubymotion running RubySpecs?
On May 19, 2013 4:18 PM, "Colin Thomas Arnold Gray" <colinta at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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" ;-)
>
> #colinta
>
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