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Compiling Ruby to machine language

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287 points todsacerdoti | 1 comments | 17 Nov 25 20:04 UTC | HN request time: 0.241s | source
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jlarocco ◴[17 Nov 25 22:05 UTC] No.45958907[source]▶
IIRC MacRuby used to compile to native code on OSX using LLVM, and was supposed to support native OSX APIs and Objective-C frameworks. It always seemed like a neat idea, and a slick integration, but I guess Apple moved to Swift instead.

I'll have to pick up a copy of this "Ruby Under a Microscope" book when the new version comes out. I've always liked Ruby, I just haven't had much chance to use it.

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1. vidarh ◴[18 Nov 25 07:44 UTC] No.45962420[source]▶
The creator of MacRuby left Apple, and created RubyMotion. It's continued by different people, but still around, though it seems the main focus of the people involved now is DragonRuby (a game-focused Ruby implementation)