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==Language implementations==
TheIn DLR2007, servicesMicrosoft areinitially currentlyplanned usedto inuse the developmentDLR versionfor the ofupcoming [[IronRuby]],Visual aBasic .NET#2010 implementation(VB of10.0)|Visual theBasic [[Ruby2010 (programmingVB language10.0)|Ruby]] language, and for[[JScript|Managed JScript]] ([[IronPythonECMAScript]] 3.0) as well as Python and Ruby.<ref name="announce"/><ref name="Managed JScript announced">{{cite web
| url = http://blogs.msdn.com/hugunin/archive/2007/04/30/a-dynamic-language-runtime-dlr.aspx
|last=Hugunin|first=Jim
| title = A Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR)
|quote=''For the short term, our focus is on using a small number of languages to drive the first wave of DLR development where we can work closely and face-to-face with the developers in order to iron out the worst kinks in the DLR design. After this initial phase, we want to reach out to the broader language community.''
| access-date = 2007-06-21 }}</ref>
 
In 2007, Microsoft planned to use the DLR for the upcoming [[Visual Basic .NET#2010 (VB 10.0)|Visual Basic 2010 (VB 10.0)]] and [[JScript|Managed JScript]] ([[ECMAScript]] 3.0).<ref name="Managed JScript announced">{{cite web
| url = http://blogs.msdn.com/jscript/archive/2007/05/04/managed-jscript-announced.aspx
| title = Managed JScript announced
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| date=2007-05-04
| quote=''VB 10 takes advantage of a Silverlight feature called the Dynamic Language Runtime or DLR''
| access-date = 2009-08-12}}</ref> However, as of August 2009, Microsoft has no more plans to implement Managed JScript on the DLR.<ref>{{cite web
 
The DLR work on Ruby and Python resulted in [[IronRuby]], a .NET implementation of the [[Ruby (programming language)|Ruby]] language, and [[IronPython]].<ref name="announce">{{cite web
| url = http://blogs.msdn.com/hugunin/archive/2007/04/30/a-dynamic-language-runtime-dlr.aspx
|last=Hugunin|first=Jim
| title = A Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR)
|quote=''For the short term, our focus is on using a small number of languages to drive the first wave of DLR development where we can work closely and face-to-face with the developers in order to iron out the worst kinks in the DLR design. After this initial phase, we want to reach out to the broader language community.''
| access-date = 2007-06-21 }}</ref>
 
By August 2009, Microsoft had announced it had no more plans to implement Managed JScript on the DLR.<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://dlr.codeplex.com/Thread/View.aspx?ThreadId=58121
|last = Chiles