Ruby

Since my last post, I have researched some ruby options.  It looks like MacRuby could be a good solution.  There is a way of compiling the ruby code and creating a stand alone application with it.  Problems with this are the size of the resulting application (> 50Mb) and that it would only work on a mac (and possibly only >= 10.6).  I also found a library/gem for ruby for game development that would allow me to deploy on linux/win/mac called Gosu.   The negative for this option is that I would have to work on different deployment strategies for each platform, but it would be cross platform.  Also, the gosu option would not including compiling of the ruby code.  Another possible solution is RubyGame.