Go and Swift take another step up the programming language ladder

Re:Go and Swift take another step up the programming languag... by bigtunacan on Thursday December 04, 2014 @05:38PM (#8702164)

Compiled Ruby is not new to Apple. First there was RubyCocoa, then MacRuby and now RubyMotion. So I think RubyMotion fits into the same category.

I really wasn't trying to point to any particular language here though. As one commenter pointed out, maybe D would be a closer match up. I'm not trying to say any particular language is the right decision. I'm also not trying to point the finger at Apple.

I just wonder if some of this explosion of languages that is happening right now isn't harmful in the long run.

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Re:Go and Swift take another step up the programming languag... by adamnemecek on Thursday December 04, 2014 @05:54PM (#8702224)

I'm not sure what exactly you mean by "compiled Ruby". AFAIK at no point is RubyCocoa, MacRuby or RubyMotion compiled, it's still an interpreter with the Cocoa APIs exposed to Ruby.

> I just wonder if some of this explosion of languages that is happening right now isn't harmful in the long run.

I'm not sure how that would happen. I'm also guessing that someone said something similar back when say COBOL was THE programming language.

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Re:Go and Swift take another step up the programming languag... by mcphage on Thursday December 04, 2014 @07:00PM (#8702434)

> I'm not sure what exactly you mean by "compiled Ruby". AFAIK at no point is RubyCocoa, MacRuby or RubyMotion compiled, it's still an interpreter with the Cocoa APIs exposed to Ruby.

MacRuby and RubyMotion are absolutely compiled.

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Re:Go and Swift take another step up the programming languag... by adamnemecek on Thursday December 04, 2014 @07:04PM (#8702451)

Seems like you are right. TIL I guess.

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