> I can't speak for others, but my (wild) guess from raising and following
> the issue of another (i.e. in addition toTk) "standard" (in the sense of
> inclusion of interfaces in the main tarball and InstallShield packages)
> GUI for Ruby for almost a year is that the majority of active posters
> would likely find this a satisfactory choice--the main issue being one of
> forthcoming Mac support, for which Tk is an existing fallback. Other
> comments?

I know that Jeroen would welcome work on a Macintosh port, we just don't
have the hardware (or for that matter, a strong Macintosh programming
background). I don't believe that we'd hit too many *technical* difficulties
in the port.

> What incentive do you need to actually start work on Ruby/Fox? A dozen
> other "I'd like to see this too" posts? Or a unanimous vote from the
> Pragmatic Duo?

Well, as of late last night I got "Hello, World!" in Ruby/FOX onscreen. So
the work has officially begun! I would hope to have a first cut available
sometime in January.