Hey, I'd really like to see this, too. We're reviewing scripting engines for our games, and Ruby rocks! We'd just like to see a better separation of the parsing and interpreting of the scripts - along the lines of the Java VM, and class files. Please sound off if you've done any actual work on this aspect of Ruby! :) thanks, shon Shon C. Love slove / avalanchesoftware.com Sr. Programmer Avalanche Software, LC -----Original Message----- From: nosuzuki / e-mail.ne.jp [mailto:nosuzuki / e-mail.ne.jp]On Behalf Of Stefan Matthias Aust Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 7:11 AM To: ruby-talk ML; ruby-talk / netlab.co.jp Subject: [ruby-talk:13703] Ruby on a JVM - good or bad idea? Hi! I've a question which might be asked a few times already, but I didn't found it in the FAQ yet. Like JPython opened a way to introduce a fine scripting language to larger Java projects in a seamless way, I wonder whether a similar approach for Ruby could be advantageous. bye -- Stefan Matthias Aust \/ Truth Until Paradox