Hi,
I was expecting a rapid growth on IronRuby keeping following things in
my mind which i had preserved so far.
(1) Ruby.Net code ( partially ) was licensed by MS to incorporate in to
IronRuby
(2) IronRuby was announced in last year Mix 2007 event ( almost a year
now )
(3) It was decided to place IronRuby on RubyForge for great support…
Even with all this aspects… IronRuby Progress is dead slow.
If a part of Ruby.Net was included, and if Ruby.Net can give a stable
version, why IronRuby lacks Beta Stage so far. Its almost one year since
IronRuby was announced in the Mix event last year, and the new Mix 2008
is round the corner, still no news about Beta yet…
If we add, (1) Ruby.Net Code + (2) Ruby Forge contribution + (3) Full
time IronRuby Team support… this could have shaped very fast.
Plan your work… and workout your plans. This would have yielded
better results so far. It seems there is something wrong with the exact
tuning with DLR
My simple question… "will there will ever be LINQ support with Dynamic
language like IronRuby " still remains hanging.which shows the lack of
correct tuning with other areas in .Net.
Hoping to see Beta stage soon.
( Let me clarify… I am totally in support with IronRuby, but the slow
progress kills my enthusiasm )
Just my 2 cents
WebReservoir
Web R.:
Even with all this aspects… IronRuby Progress is dead slow.
If a part of Ruby.Net was included, and if Ruby.Net can give a stable
version, why IronRuby lacks Beta Stage so far. Its almost one year
since IronRuby was announced in the Mix event last year, and the new
Mix 2008 is round the corner, still no news about Beta yet…
If you feel progress is ‘dead slow’, then you can help out. You can
contribute by downloading the sources, building them and reporting bugs.
You can also contribute by contributing patches.
We do have members from the community who have helped out tremendously
in their spare time. Surely you can do the same?
BTW, can you please define ‘beta stage’ for me so that we can make sure
to add it to our plans?
Thanks,
-John
On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:25:01 -0700, Web R. [email protected]
wrote:
It seems there is something wrong with the exact
tuning with DLR
If I were to speculate I would think that you’ll see a massive influx of
code just after Mix08 for the simple fact that – as far as I can tell
everyone @ MSFT working on DLR-related projects is heads down at the
moment preparing for a spectacular showcase of platform capabilities,
new
announcements of products/project features, etc. Once the pressure of
Mix08 has been released my guess is that these same folks will start
churning out code that extends from what was shown @Mix by the truck
load.
Of course, this is just a guess, but having worked @MSFT and having
presented at many conferences while I was there I can assure you that
the
preparations for shows as big as Mix begin well in advance, and the
pressure to go big is tremendous. Once that pressure has subsided, I
would
expect rapid advancement of the IronRuby project.
Just my two cents.
–
/M:D
M. David P.
Co-Founder & Chief Architect, 3rd&Urban, LLC
Email: [email protected] | [email protected]
Mobile: (206) 418-9027
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M. David Peterson
On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:35:01 -0700, John L. (DLR) [email protected]
wrote:
You can contribute by downloading the sources, building them and
reporting bugs. You can also contribute by contributing patches.
Just an observation from the outside: I can count the number of
patches/contributions to this project from external folks on one hand,
and
every single one of those patches/contributions were reviewed/commented
upon/injected into the source tree when and as appropriate within 48
hours.
Of course, I’m just as guilty as everyone else: I haven’t contributed a
single line of code to this project, something I really need to fix.
–
/M:D
M. David P.
Co-Founder & Chief Architect, 3rd&Urban, LLC
Email: [email protected] | [email protected]
Mobile: (206) 418-9027
http://3rdandUrban.com | http://amp.fm |
M. David Peterson
Web R.:
My Knowledge with C# is ZERO and thats what keeps me out to
contribute.
That’s OK. But you can download and build from sources, right? If so,
then you can contribute by writing tutorials about your experiences, or
by filing bug reports.
If building IronRuby blocks you from participating, expect that to be
fixed post-MIX.
Thanks,
-John
Dear John,
Unfortunately i am from VB6 background, exploring more with Ruby
Knowledge, and willing to start working extensively with IronRuby and
Asp.Net MVC
My Knowledge with C# is ZERO and thats what keeps me out to
contribute.
You can expect my best support for IronRuby 2.0
Since you have already classified Pre Alpha 1 and 2… You are the
owner and judge to announce BETA stage.
Thanks
2008/2/27, John L. (DLR) [email protected]:
That’s OK. But you can download and build from sources, right? If so, then you can contribute by writing tutorials about your experiences, or by filing bug reports.
If building IronRuby blocks you from participating, expect that to be fixed post-MIX.
Indeed, if you have some Ruby knowledge, the easiest way to contribute
for outsiders is to try to use your favorite Ruby library or to run
your favorite Ruby application with IronRuby, and report minimal
testcases. This does not require any C# or DLR knowledge.
Testing and testcase reduction are very important works, and can be
rewarding.
That said, the problem is that IronRuby is currently so incomplete
that you can hardly require any Ruby standard library before running
into problems. In my experience this has been the most discouraging.
In comparison, I could require ‘date’ and ‘url’ in Ruby.NET just after
a small number of bug fixes.
Because of the current heads down nature of the DLR team, I think the
current /perception/ of lack of progress is real. Knowing that things
are going to change around Mix in the code kind makes one a bit lery
to put too much stock in what we have now. Meaning, I don’t know what
bugs are being worked on and what interfaces and APIs might change
between now and then. Just makes me a bit hesitant. That said, one
can still download, play and submit bugs…
On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 11:38 PM, M. David P.
[email protected] wrote:
moment preparing for a spectacular showcase of platform capabilities, new
Just my two cents.
Ironruby-core mailing list
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http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ironruby-core
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Michael L.
[Polymath Programmer]
http://michaeldotnet.blogspot.com
In the IR crew’s defense, there is a lot you can do with IronRuby right
now,
that isn’t practical otherwise. Sure the ruby libraries are great, and
running Rails on .NET is cool. But I’m a .NET programmer, I don’t
really
care that much about the ruby framework, I want the language in MY apps.
The .NET interop in IronRuby really works well, and makes a great way to
control mountains of .NET code dynamically with a much more elegant
language.
Good job guys!
On one level I agree though… It’s about time for a binary release.
It’s
hard to convince other people to look at something you have to grab from
SVN
and compile. Beta, alpha or CTP, I don’t really care.
-Eric
On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 11:25 PM, Web R. [email protected]
Eric N.:
On one level I agree though… It’s about time for a binary release.
It’s hard to convince other people to look at something you have to
grab from SVN and compile. Beta, alpha or CTP, I don’t really care.
Post-MIX we’re going to have binaries available.
Thanks,
-John
Michael L.:
Because of the current heads down nature of the DLR team, I think the
current /perception/ of lack of progress is real. Knowing that things
are going to change around Mix in the code kind makes one a bit lery to
put too much stock in what we have now. Meaning, I don’t know what
bugs are being worked on and what interfaces and APIs might change
between now and then. Just makes me a bit hesitant. That said, one
can still download, play and submit bugs…
Right now we’re getting things ready for MIX. What that means is making
sure that our interop works correctly, that we build and run correctly
on CoreCLR (the Silverlight version of the CLR). There are bug fixes in
the core language among other things that are in that build.
There are no user-visible changes as far as anyone outside will see, nor
are there any breaking changes in APIs that you would use to build
libraries.
There are no major changes planned on the library interfaces. So if
you’re currently hacking on a library we shouldn’t break you today.
Thanks,
-John
Hello…
Finally the wait seems to be over…
I am just referring a session at Mix 2008 by John L…
Here it is…
Microsoft Silverlight and Dynamic Languages
Friday, March 7 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM, Delfino 4003
Speaker(s): John L., Jimmy S.
Audience(s): Technical
Session Type: Breakout
Learn how the Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR) works in Silverlight.
Includes an introduction to Microsoft Silverlight for Python and Ruby
programmers.
https://content.visitmix.com/public/sessions.aspx
Just few days to go. BTW… does any one any idea about the LINQ support
with IronRuby. Will this topic be included in the above session, since
Fetching data is the main scenario.
Cheers