Re: Microsoft lessening commitment to IronPython and IronRuby

2010-08-11 Thread Ben Finney
Jason Earl writes: > Which is more of a promise than Microsoft has given to Python. I am > not arguing for Mono, as I am not a fan. But if you honestly think > that Python doesn't infringe on some of Microsoft's patents you are > crazy. It's quite true that anyone can be sued, at any time, for a

Re: Microsoft lessening commitment to IronPython and IronRuby

2010-08-11 Thread Jason Earl
On Tue, Aug 10 2010, Ben Finney wrote: > Steven D'Aprano writes: > >> On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:07:06 +1200, Gregory Ewing wrote: >> > Is there any way for a non-.NET program to access a .NET library? Or >> > is it necessary to drink the entire bottle of .NET kool-aid? >> >> http://www.mono-project.

Re: Microsoft lessening commitment to IronPython and IronRuby

2010-08-10 Thread Michael Torrie
On 08/10/2010 02:07 AM, Gregory Ewing wrote: > Tim Roberts wrote: > >> I'm not sure that's really fair. The .NET Common Language Runtime is a >> vast and very useful class library, including two complete GUI systems. The >> thought was that IronPython and IronRuby would let people who were >> com

Re: Microsoft lessening commitment to IronPython and IronRuby

2010-08-10 Thread Ben Finney
Steven D'Aprano writes: > On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:07:06 +1200, Gregory Ewing wrote: > > Is there any way for a non-.NET program to access a .NET library? Or > > is it necessary to drink the entire bottle of .NET kool-aid? > > http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page Anyone thinking of using Mono nee

Re: Microsoft lessening commitment to IronPython and IronRuby

2010-08-10 Thread Stefan Behnel
Steven D'Aprano, 10.08.2010 10:04: On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:42:35 +1200, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: Go on, name one creative thing which was ever done in Dotnet. Not just Dotnet, but Python on Dotnet. http://www.python.org/about/success/resolver/ At the very end of that article, I found this

Re: Microsoft lessening commitment to IronPython and IronRuby

2010-08-10 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:07:06 +1200, Gregory Ewing wrote: > Tim Roberts wrote: > >> I'm not sure that's really fair. The .NET Common Language Runtime is a >> vast and very useful class library, including two complete GUI systems. >> The thought was that IronPython and IronRuby would let people wh

Re: Microsoft lessening commitment to IronPython and IronRuby

2010-08-10 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:42:35 +1200, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > In message <7fr16650meigqgmj8rh0n3a66q9r4j4...@4ax.com>, Tim Roberts > wrote: > >> The .NET Common Language Runtime is a vast and very useful class >> library, including two complete GUI systems. > > Used only by corporate code-cut

Re: Microsoft lessening commitment to IronPython and IronRuby

2010-08-10 Thread Gregory Ewing
Tim Roberts wrote: I'm not sure that's really fair. The .NET Common Language Runtime is a vast and very useful class library, including two complete GUI systems. The thought was that IronPython and IronRuby would let people who were comfortable in those languages tap into the CLR. Is there an

Re: Microsoft lessening commitment to IronPython and IronRuby

2010-08-10 Thread Stefan Behnel
Lawrence D'Oliveiro, 10.08.2010 08:42: In message<7fr16650meigqgmj8rh0n3a66q9r4j4...@4ax.com>, Tim Roberts wrote: The .NET Common Language Runtime is a vast and very useful class library, including two complete GUI systems. Used only by corporate code-cutter drones. Go on, name one creative

Re: Microsoft lessening commitment to IronPython and IronRuby

2010-08-09 Thread Lawrence D'Oliveiro
In message <7fr16650meigqgmj8rh0n3a66q9r4j4...@4ax.com>, Tim Roberts wrote: > The .NET Common Language Runtime is a vast and very useful class library, > including two complete GUI systems. Used only by corporate code-cutter drones. Go on, name one creative thing which was ever done in Dotnet. -

Re: Microsoft lessening commitment to IronPython and IronRuby

2010-08-09 Thread Tim Roberts
Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > >Frankly I never understood the point of IronPython and IronRuby. They seemed >like a desperate attempt to keep Dotnet relevant in the modern world of >dynamic languages. Looks like it was a failure. Yawn. I'm not sure that's really fair. The .NET Common Language Run

Re: Microsoft lessening commitment to IronPython and IronRuby

2010-08-08 Thread Lawrence D'Oliveiro
In message , Neil Hodgson wrote: > http://blog.jimmy.schementi.com/2010/08/start-spreading-news-future-of-jimmy.html Frankly I never understood the point of IronPython and IronRuby. They seemed like a desperate attempt to keep Dotnet relevant in the modern world of dynamic languages. Looks like

Microsoft lessening commitment to IronPython and IronRuby

2010-08-06 Thread Neil Hodgson
There is a blog post from Jimmy Schementi who previously worked at Microsoft on IronRuby about the state of dynamic language work there. http://blog.jimmy.schementi.com/2010/08/start-spreading-news-future-of-jimmy.html Neil -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list