Comments on: Compiled hello world with MacRuby

By: roger

roger — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:28:43 +0000

So this doesn’t actually compile ruby, as much as bundle a ruby script into a single executable, I’m thinking [albeit faster since it's running on LLVM and not yarv]. I think that’s right.

By: Michael Rykov

Michael Rykov — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:25:45 +0000

Just found my own answer
http://merbist.com/2009/05/27/macruby-changing-the-ruby-ecosystem/
http://pastie.org/485095

By: Michael Rykov

Michael Rykov — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:23:27 +0000

I would be curious to see some benchmarks comparing compiled MacRuby vs native ObjC (and maybe MRI for reference).

When you’re writing a “very light application” for a “resource restricted environment”, a significant performance hit might not be worth Ruby’s elegance.

By: Matt Aimonetti

Matt Aimonetti — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:59:13 +0000

It only runs on Mac for now, I expect to see it running on other POSIX platforms later on.

By: sgwong

sgwong — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:02:51 +0000

Too bad, MacRuby only run on Mac

By: Eloy Duran

Eloy Duran — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:06:02 +0000

Man, why can’t it be 31MB?! I like big fat apps…

By: Alistair Holt

Alistair Holt — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 06:52:06 +0000

Looking good. MacRuby is shaping up nicely.

By: Laurent Sansonetti

Laurent Sansonetti — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:17:05 +0000

The output file size will be somewhat reduced in the future, stay tuned

By: Matt Aimonetti

Matt Aimonetti — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:01:56 +0000

The 13Mb is due to all the stuff being compiled with your app. The “full compilation mode” should be considerably smaller. But honestly for desktop or server apps, I don’t think it the size is a big deal. And as Laurent said, the output size should be improved.

By: Matthijs Langenberg

Matthijs Langenberg — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:48:09 +0000

Too bad the output file is 13MB, but great technology.