Having been away from Ruby for a couple of years, I have a few
questions…
(1) Where is the “official” definition of Ruby?
(2) I have seen pages mentioning at least one "Ruby in Ruby"
implementation. What is the status of this/these?
(3) I have also seen a mention of a “Ruby in Java”. Is there one?
(4) Finally, what about a dotNET Ruby? I have not seen a mention of
this, but it is more difficult to search for given Microsoft’s screwy
choice of terms.
Thanks,
Patrick
Patrick Logan wrote:
Having been away from Ruby for a couple of years, I have a few
questions…(1) Where is the “official” definition of Ruby?
It seems to be the source. I think Rubicon is a rather nice definition
as well, but it’s far from being the “official” definition.
(2) I have seen pages mentioning at least one “Ruby in Ruby”
implementation. What is the status of this/these?
As far as I know, any effort has stalled. Matju was working on MetaRuby
and Robert Feldt was working on Ruby VM (to name a couple of potentially
related projects), but neither is actively maintaining the code.
(3) I have also seen a mention of a “Ruby in Java”. Is there one?
(4) Finally, what about a dotNET Ruby? I have not seen a mention of
this, but it is more difficult to search for given Microsoft’s screwy
choice of terms.
I know that work has started, but I have the same problem you do in
trying to find it now.
Patrick Logan wrote:
Having been away from Ruby for a couple of years, I have a few
questions…(1) Where is the “official” definition of Ruby?
(2) I have seen pages mentioning at least one “Ruby in Ruby”
implementation. What is the status of this/these?(3) I have also seen a mention of a “Ruby in Java”. Is there one?
(4) Finally, what about a dotNET Ruby? I have not seen a mention of
this, but it is more difficult to search for given Microsoft’s screwy
choice of terms.Thanks,
Patrick
Dear Patrick,
read this http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/20020101.html 
Szymon Drejewicz
And I was so hoping the situation had changed over the last couple of years.
Sigh.
Signing off…