From: tom@infoether.com   
      
   On Sun, 2007-01-28 at 01:41 -0500, Nick wrote:   
   > Except maybe where there is lots to be gained by more performant and   
   > non-conformant application software, there is reduced incentive to   
   > accept or develop anything like a new language,   
      
   Hm, from where I sit, the Ruby language is relatively new and is coming   
   on strong.  Also, it's introducing lots of people to all sorts of nifty   
   things that have been around for a long time, e.g., closures.   
      
   >  let alone compile it.   
      
   One of the more recent Ruby developments is YARV, which compiles Ruby to   
   a bytecode format.  All the usual compiler theory things apply, even if   
   the target is a VM rather than a "real machine".   
      
   So perhaps all hope is not yet lost :-)   
      
   Yours,   
      
   Tom   
      
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