Maybe=20you=20should=20try=20Kawa,=20it's=20a=20scheme-to-bytecode=20compi=
ler=20and
interpreter=20running=20on=20the=20JVM,=20in=20active=20development=20and=20=
it=20already=20is
(language=20wise)=20what=20Ruby=20wants=20to=20become...
David.
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From:=20jedit-devel-bounces@...
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ava
Pestov
Sent:=2024=20January=202007=2001:04
To:=20jEdit=20dev
Subject:=20Re:=20[=20jEdit-devel=20]=20Removing=20deprecated=20plugin=20AP=
Is,=20BeanShell
On=2023-Jan-07,=20at=206:14=20PM,=20Zaleski,=20Matthew=20(M.E.)=20wrote:
>=20Are=20you=20positive=20it=20is=20dead=20or=20has=20the=20JSR=20process=
=20consumed=20the=20
>=20developers=20attention?=20=20Given=20that=20Sun=20just=20'blessed'=20s=
cripting=20in=20Java
>=20SE=206.0,=20I'd=20be=20surprised=20to=20be=20abandoning=20Beanshell=20=
JSR.
I'm=20not=20sure=20if=20the=20JSR=20will=20ever=20lead=20to=20anything.=20=
There=20hasn't=20been=20a
new=20release=20of=20BeanShell=20in=20years,=20and=20the=20most=20recent=20=
release=20was=20a
beta.
>=20Some=20Python-based=20scripting=20is=20intended=20for=20inclusion.=20=20=
I=20can't=20put=20my
>=20finger=20on=20it,=20but=20I=20read=20about=20that=20the=20last=20year=20=
or=20so=20in=20Dr.=20Dobb's=20
>=20Journal.=20=20I'm=20guessing=20Jython=20is=20closer=20to=20Beanshell=20=
than=20JRuby.
It=20appears=20that=20Jython=20isn't=20maintained,=20either.=20It=20lags=20=
behind=20CPython
by=20several=20major=20revisions.
>=20very
>=20time=20I've=20glanced=20at=20Ruby=20code,=20my=20eyes=20glaze=20over.=20=
=20It=20looks=20like=20
>=20Python=20hit=20by=20a=20Perl=20fanatic;=20Readability=20wasn't=20high=20=
on=20the=20
>=20requirements=20list.
I=20suggested=20JRuby=20because=20it=20is=20in=20active=20development=20an=
d=20the=20developers
were=20hired=20by=20Sun.=20Also,=20performance=20appears=20to=20be=20a=20g=
oal=20for=20the=20JRuby
project;=20they're=20working=20on=20a=20JVM=20bytecode=20compiler.
Personally=20I=20don't=20find=20either=20one=20of=20Python,=20Ruby,=20Bean=
Shell=20or=20Groovy
to=20be=20ideal.=20However=20as=20far=20as=20readability=20goes,=20Ruby=20=
is=20pretty=20good
(and=20much=20better=20than=20Perl);=20don't=20confuse=20being=20readable=20=
with=20being
familiar.
Perhaps=20the=20best=20thing=20to=20do=20would=20be=20for=20the=20jEdit=20=
project=20to=20fork
BeanShell=20and=20continue=20maintaining=20it=20under=20the=20jEdit=20roof=
.
Slava
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