Asp Forum - Re: [ANN] Ruby/.NET bridge R3

Curt Hibbs

9/14/2003 3:09:00 AM

This is really great! I'm glad to that you are doing this. If someone out
there has the time and interest, it would be nice to see this working with
Mono as well as .NET (I wish I had the time). I'm just throwing out the
idea...

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Benjamin Schroeder wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'd like to announce Release 3 of our Ruby/.NET bridge, which lets you
> use Ruby and .NET objects together in your programs. (Releases 1 and 2
> were available on the RAA and RubyForge, but this is the first one
> we're announcing widely.)
>
> I'd also like to introduce myself, since this is my first time posting
> to ruby-talk. My name is Ben Schroeder, and I've used Ruby on side
> projects for a while now. I enjoy working with dynamic languages like
> Ruby and Smalltalk - the exploratory feel is great.
>
> We work a lot with .NET where I work, and a couple of us (myself and
> John Pierce) were interested in being able to write Ruby scripts and
> programs using the .NET APIs, and in particular the windowing and
> database objects available there. We have been working on a bridge
> between the two, and although there are still many things to improve,
> we have already been able to write a number of scripts and utilities
> with it. One of the things that I particularly enjoy is being able to
> interactively explore how the .NET objects work.
>
> Here is an example of the kind of code you can write with our bridge:
>
> require 'dotnet'
>
> list = ArrayList.new
> list.add 'Hello'
> list.add 'World'
>
> puts list.count # -> prints <<2>>
>
> reversed = list.collect do |each|
> each.reverse
> end
>
> puts reversed.inspect # -> prints <<["olleH", "dlroW"]>>
>
> You can also handle .NET events and (in the latest release) implement
> .NET interfaces.
>
> We have more examples and information on our web site at
>
> http://www.saltypickle.com/...
>
> and you can download the latest bridge from
>
> http://www.saltypickle.com/.../Downloads
>
> Release 3 brings a number of improvements, such as compatibility with
> Ruby 1.8, the ability to implement .NET interfaces in Ruby, and a way
> to access the bridge that makes .NET classes look like top-level Ruby
> ones. (The top-level feature is only available in 1.8 - it uses the
> new :const_missing method.)
>
> There are of course some similar projects out there. We have learned a
> lot from discussing things on the rubydotnet-developer list at
>
> http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?foru...
>
> In particular, the :const_missing idea is based on one of Thomas
> Sondergaard's, and a new way to access Ruby objects from .NET code is
> based on something Tim Sutherland's bridge did.
>
> John and I would love to hear any feedback or questions you have -
> either on this list or by private mail. I hope you enjoy using the
> bridge!
>
> Regards,
> Ben Schroeder
>
>
>

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