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What advantages does MacRuby offer over MRI/YARV or Rubinius?
by jallmann 16y ago
What advantages does MacRuby offer over MRI/YARV or Rubinius?
- patrickaljord 16y agoObjC binding I think and things like that HotCocoa http://www.macruby.org/trac/wiki/HotCocoa http://www.macruby.org/trac/wiki/HotCocoa http://www.slideshare.net/reborg/writing-apps-with-hotcocoa-and-macruby http://www.slideshare.net/reborg/writing-apps-with-hotcocoa-...
- mattetti 16y agoMacRuby allows you to write native Cocoa apps and call C/Objective-C directly without a bridge. Basically, it's an Objective-C replacement using the same runtime but a different language.
- Argorak 16y agoBasically, MacRuby is an MRI fork with the object system replaced by the one present in Objective-C (which is pretty similar). Integration is its main strength.
- tedunangst 16y agoIt's fast. Slightly faster than rubinius to run and lots faster to start.
- chadcf 16y agoI haven't found much other than cocoa support. Which I can't get too excited about, a simple macruby app that does nothing but open up one window takes nearly 30 seconds to launch on my Core i5 macbook pro...