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[marc]

Matthew Flaschen said...
> marc wrote:
> > For example, I could write something in Java, but that presupposes Java 
> > is in the distro. Ditto, say, c# and mono. And what about ruby, or 
> > jruby? That's what I'd like to ascertain.
> 
> There are no hard and fast rules about what languages packaged programs
> can be written in.  You just have to make sure your package integrates
> well with the language packaging, and if the language isn't in the
> distro at all, you may have to write a package for it first.

Thanks, Matt. Seems like the floor is open to me. Glad we have a long 
weekend looming. 

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Cheers,
Marc