Logo Questions Linux Laravel Mysql Ubuntu Git Menu
 

IronPython, IronRuby, IronScheme, IronSomething

Tags:

.net

clr

why some languages that targets .net platform has Iron- as a prefix? It seems like such convention only applies to non-microsoft developed languages.

like image 273
thkang Avatar asked Oct 22 '22 09:10

thkang


1 Answers

This is a convention for implementation of dynamic languages which run on CLR (actually DLR). IIRC, it is an acronym for 'I Run On .NET ...', so more or less a catchy name which turned into convention. I think it was IronPython which started it, but I am not 100% sure.

like image 74
Zdeslav Vojkovic Avatar answered Oct 26 '22 22:10

Zdeslav Vojkovic