Once upon a time Java was a "co-equal" with its own colored box. But Apple's been pretty mercurial when it comes to languages: Clascal, Object Pascal, AppleScri

Once upon a time Java was a "co-equal" with its own colored box. But Apple's been pretty mercurial when it comes to languages: Clascal, Object Pascal, AppleScript, ScriptX, SK8, NewtonScript, HyperTalk, Dylan, MCL, {AppleSoft|Integer|Mac} Basic, Smalltalk, Java, Corba IDL... most of those are way more friendly than Java, but died just like desktop Java. MacRuby's a little different, I'm guessing it's a research project to see what might be compelling about a unified, llvm-based, multiple-language runtime.