Steven Lumos wrote: > "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb / cesmail.net> writes: >> I've been seriously considering the One Laptop Per Child Give One Get >> One program, and it's starting to look really good at this >> point. However, the preferred scripting language is Python, and in >> fact the use of other languages is discouraged. Given that, I'm >> wondering if there's a Ruby port. > > I was going to say "tough luck". Was the original 2 week limit just > hype or what? > > In any case, Ruby will be running on it soon after I receive mine. > >> There is lots of other "interesting stuff under the hood." It doesn't >> appear to have GCC built in -- I think you have to cross-develop. But >> it has Squeak for the Smalltalk folks, Open Firmware for the Forth >> folks, and CSound for its audio toolset. I suppose, given all that, I >> could live with Python instead of Ruby, but I'd rather not. So >> ... does anyone know if Ruby has been made to run on one of them? >> Clearly it *can* be done -- the processor is an AMD Geode (MMX plus >> 3DNow! -- Athlon equivalent). > > Unless you have child-size hands, you may not enjoy typing on an OLPC. > (Mine is for use by an actual child, though I seem to be in the > minority in that regard.) Just download the developer image and boot > on whatever random PC. In fact, I suspect that if you then > immediately type something like "yum install ruby", you'll be > pleasantly surprised. > > Steve > > Interesting. I just got confirmation that I'll be receiving mine. I wonder if the developer image will run under VMware Fusion? -- RMagick: http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/