Tuesday, May 01, 2007 2:17 AM
by
dodyg
Visual Basic is back ! Ruby support is under development ! New JScript implementation is on the way
"Python’s clean object-oriented design, dynamic nature, richness of expression, ease
of use, and concise syntax has won over many users in the last several years. IronPython
is an implementation of the Python programming language running on the .NET Framework. It is well
integrated with the rest of the .NET Framework and makes all .NET libraries easily
available to Python programmers, while maintaining full compatibility with the Python
language. To learn more about IronPython and to download the complete source code,
please visit www.codeplex.com/ironpython.
Managed JScript is a preliminary implementation of JScript (the Microsoft implementation
of ECMAScript) as a dynamic language. Implementations of Ruby and Visual Basic are
under development. Future releases will expose hosting interfaces and the API for
integrating other languages.
Note Managed JScript is a separate language implementation from
JScript.NET. JScript.NET is a version of JScript for managed code, but it is not
a true dynamic language.
In the ASP.NET Futures (May 2007) release, support for dynamic languages in ASP.NET
expands on the earlier support for IronPython for ASP.NET. Support for dynamic languages
in ASP.NET is built on the Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR), a new platform currently
under development at Microsoft. The DLR simplifies hosting dynamic languages on
the common language runtime."
(ASP.Net Futures)