[Neko] Curious about languages available for Neko

[Robert Feldt]

> Robert Feldt started implementing a Ruby to Neko compiler in Ruby. He
> can maybe talk more about it but I think he just did a proof-of-concept.
>
Yes, it was a proof-of-concept to explore some ways to map Ruby's OO
mechanisms to Neko ones. It was fairly easy.

> With further work it might be possible to run 100% of Ruby on NekoVM,
> which might be very interesting for Ruby users interested in
> performances. Of course one of the big part of the work is to
> reimplement the Ruby C libraries by using the Neko ones.
>
If someone is interested in this I plan to work on it in late summer
(I'm hoping the Neko JIT and maybe also continuation support will be
there by then). Would be great to setup a group effort. Personally, I
think a Ruby compiler targetting Neko is far more interesting and has
more potential than the current efforts to implement a new and special
Ruby VM for Ruby 2.0. YMMV.

Best regards,

Robert Feldt
robert.feldt at gmail.com