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3rd May 2007 - Link Blog

Dynamic Language Runtime. Miguel de Icaza describes how Microsoft’s new Dynamic Language Runtime lets you call JavaScript and Visual Basic functions from Ruby. Looks like they beat Parrot to the punch.

Posted 3rd May 2007 at 10:29 pm

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