Hi,

Do you have a link where we can read up more on the this ?
Is this support intended after Mustang or will it tie in with the
scripting framework in Mustang?

Thanks
Chris

There has been a Ruby plugin for Eclipse for close to a one and a half
years now.

http://rubyeclipse.sourceforge.net/download.rdt.html

The current trend is that all script languages
must be converted to run on both Java and .NET
platform. When it is Java they start with a J.
When it is .NET it start with Iron (for reasons
I do not know).

Options is always a good thing, so it is per
definition fine that JRuby exists.

I do not expect its usage to be that big.

RoR is so hot nowadays, so ofcourse SUN wants
to get some PR as well.

I am not particular impressed with RoR.

I do see a usage for script languages
like Python and Ruby.

Arne

Rails is what's so great about Ruby.  If your application happens to fit
into the highly opinionated domain of problems addressed by Rails, it's
a fabulously effective enabling technology.

Rails "got lucky" in that the area where it fits, essentially as a
domain specific language for web based applications with a simple
database backend and a rich-hypertext front end, happens to be a
widespread idiom today.  I've already seen Rails making it possible for
people who aren't really programmers at all, to create web applications
from start to finish, allowing them to think almost completely in the
"creative design" and "idea" domains, and very little in terms of
implementation details.

This is a fairly significant development, although some dismiss it
entirely, I assume because they want to develop applications that do not
fit in Rails' highly opinionated domain -- and they have no compelling
reason to use Ruby lacking a good fit for a Rails application.