But, would you implement a game with ruby?
Depends on the game, of course.
Probably not 100% Ruby, but from what others have said/implied Ruby could make a good glue language to pull the compiled pieces together, as well as an embedded script language.
Others agree?
Absolutely. I’m working on a massive multiplayer game which has it’s own
internal script language to allow players to create their own AI for
spacecraft/missiles etc. I’ve been thinking for a while about the feasibility
of ripping that out and replacing it with an internal ruby facility. The main
problem I see is being able to limit the resources available to each player.
I wouldn’t want someone allocating some huge array and bringing the server to
its knees. I’m sure it’s feasible though; Just haven’t applied any thought to
the solution yet 
And of course the legal implications of using ruby in a commercial game, which
might be insurmountable.
Andrew Walrond
On Monday 10 Nov 2003 9:36 am, T. Onoma wrote:
But, would you implement a game with ruby?
Depends on the game, of course.
Probably not 100% Ruby, but from what others have said/implied Ruby could
make a good glue language to pull the compiled pieces together, as well as
an embedded script language.
I have made a tiny Tetris game using Ruby SDL (271 lines of code).
It runs smooth on my pentium350.
Its distributed with ruby-sdl as a sample:
http://www.kmc.gr.jp/~ohai/index.en.html
On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 18:36:51 +0900, T. Onoma wrote:
But, would you implement a game with ruby?
Depends on the game, of course.
Probably not 100% Ruby, but from what others have said/implied Ruby
could make a good glue language to pull the compiled pieces together,
as well as an embedded script language.Others agree?
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Simon Strandgaard
And of course the legal implications of using ruby in a commercial game, which
might be insurmountable.
Can someone expound on this? Are there problems using ruby in commercial products?
Ruby’s regexp engine has a GPL license.
If you wish to use Ruby in a commercial product, then compile the
oniguruma regexp engine into Ruby. AFAIK… that should be it.
On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 06:56:02 -0800, John wrote:
And of course the legal implications of using ruby in a commercial game, which
might be insurmountable.Can someone expound on this? Are there problems using ruby in commercial products?
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Simon Strandgaard
LGPL, a bit nicer for commercial uses
On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 10:22:34AM +0900, Simon Strandgaard wrote:
On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 06:56:02 -0800, John wrote:
And of course the legal implications of using ruby in a commercial game, which
might be insurmountable.Can someone expound on this? Are there problems using ruby in commercial products?
Ruby’s regexp engine has a GPL license.
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On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 06:18:52 +0900, Mauricio Fernández wrote:
On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 10:22:34AM +0900, Simon Strandgaard wrote:
On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 06:56:02 -0800, John wrote:
And of course the legal implications of using ruby in a commercial game, which
might be insurmountable.Can someone expound on this? Are there problems using ruby in commercial products?
Ruby’s regexp engine has a GPL license.
LGPL, a bit nicer for commercial uses
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Simon Strandgaard