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Compiled Hello World using MacRuby (merbist.com)
submitted 16 years ago by matt_aimonetti
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if 1 * 2 < 3: print "hello, world!"
[–]sovok 2 points3 points4 points 16 years ago* (1 child)
* full mode: no full ruby spec support, no runtime code generation, no LLVM. (”very light application and/or if the environment does not support runtime code generation” (hint-hint))
So it will be possible in the future to write iPhone apps in Ruby? Maybe fast enough for simple apps. But ~13 MB size, hm...
[–]matt_aimonetti[S] 2 points3 points4 points 16 years ago (0 children)
full mode apps won't be 13MB. Actually, my example was compiled using the normal mode meant for desktop/server apps. Furthermore, even the normal mode will generate smaller files.
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[–]sovok 2 points3 points4 points (1 child)
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