Implement Ruby on .Net framework?!

Check out the article at: http://www.devx.com/dotnet/article/10921

It talks about the new S# language, which gives the .NET platform its first
Smalltalk implementation, and adds formidable new capabilities to the .NET
language family.

That S# doesn't require strongly-typed variables is only one of its advantages. Simmons says, "One of the things that S# does is that it enhances the Smalltalk language so that it allows you to write in a VB style so you can use the whole dot syntax and so forth, you can declare variables at will. It should be more familiar than classic Smalltalk."

Beyond that, you can perform operations impossible in VB.NET or C#. For
example, you can inherit sealed classes, such as System.String, and extend
them to meet your needs. You can call external DLLs—not just ActiveX DLLs,
or Win32 APIs, but any external DLL. You can dynamically add methods,
properties, and fields to existing classes exposed by an assembly.

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Robert Cowham

And check out this:
http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=‘20030028685’.PGNR.&OS=DN/20030028685&RS=DN/20030028685

“Robert Cowham” rc@vaccaperna.co.uk wrote in message
news:Xns93226A387F299rcvaccapernacouk@130.133.1.4

Check out the article at: http://www.devx.com/dotnet/article/10921

SmallScript has previously been a hot topic in this forum and I am happy
that it is now about to be released.

Briefly mentinoed here:

Mikkel

“Stefan Scholl” stesch@no-spoon.de wrote in message
news:87znozf4gy.fsf@parsec.no-spoon.de

And check out this:

http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=
1&u=/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=‘20030028685’.PGNR.&OS=DN/200
30028685&RS=DN/20030028685

I’m aware of dubious software patents - but since when has it been possible
to patent an interface, let alone copyright it?

Mikkel

http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?RubyPerformanceAndJITCompilers

Unfortunately, the link to smallscript from that page seems to be broken.

Do you have an updated link?