LLVM JRuby 1.2 is out and I’m hearing good things about performance. Then there’s MacRuby, which besides having an awesome Cocoa API, also gets LLVM performance. That’s some serious juice compared to Ruby 1.9, and MacRuby is still in early stage.
Unladen Swallow is Python on the LLVM, with the goal of 5x speedup over CPython. Something tells me the VM race is heating up, and JVM is no longer the safe bet.
Quick dev setup. Setting up Ruby is really easy … if you follow the instructions of someone who’s done it before. Dan Croak covers Ruby, Git, MySQL on OS X. Also using Fluid for gems.local, Github and other dev-friendly sites.
gem install oauth If you’re curious, John Nunemaker has a brief intro to OAuth and how to use it, and ready to use Twitter gem.
From the other side. Eight reasons CIOs think developers are clueless. Worth reading. The end sums it up in a self-referential way:
Notes one CIO, on why each side can appear clueless: “Failure of the organization to provide transparency between business units to help everyone understand each other’s role in supporting the vision and mission.”
In plain view. I’m a sucker for applications that do one thing, but do it well. Plainview is a full screen web browser designed specifically for presentations. You can load it up with a sequence of URL and navigate them like a slideshow. I’m waiting for a chance to use it.
Victor