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1. dismal+(OP)[view] [source] 2026-02-05 04:43:50
Looking through that list of features, Ruby (the dynamic language I know best) has all but 1 built-in (and the other can be added with Gems). I'm guessing Python probably has them all too (but I don't know Python that well). They're pretty common. So the why still isn't clear.
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2. nine_k+x3[view] [source] 2026-02-05 05:24:54
>>dismal+(OP)
Is Ruby easy to embed in a C program?
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3. dismal+M6[view] [source] [discussion] 2026-02-05 05:56:36
>>nine_k+x3
Yes -> https://mruby.org

It's also incredibly easy to extend the main Ruby implementation with C, C++, Odin, Zig, Rust, Fortran, etc... Literally a few lines.

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4. bandra+h7[view] [source] [discussion] 2026-02-05 06:01:25
>>nine_k+x3
That was originally the point of Ruby
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