From: Sascha Ebach <se@...>
Date: 2004-07-29T18:50:01+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] Rails 0.5.5: Windows, WEBrick, lots!

  > If you start the server with --auto-reload, each request will get its
> interpreter -- just like running as CGI! The server accomplishes this by 
> instead of using its own interpreter, it'll boot a new one during 
> request handling. Here's the juicy bit:
> 
>   IO.popen("ruby", "r+") do |ruby|
>     ruby.puts <<-END
>       require 'cgi'
>       require 'stringio'
>       env = #{env.inspect}
>       CGI.send(:define_method, :env_table) { env }
>       $stdin = StringIO.new(#{(req.body || "").inspect})
> 
>       Dir.chdir(#{@server_options[:server_root].inspect})
> 
>       eval(
>         'load "dispatch.rb"',
>         binding,
>         #{File.join(@server_options[:server_root], "dispatch.rb").inspect}
>       )
>     END
>     ruby.close_write
>     data = ruby.read
>   end

Ah, that is fantastic! That means you can even use CONSTANTS which is 
not possible with frameworks like Cerise or mod_ruby (which also has an 
autoreload, these days)

>>> * Changed license to MIT License (and included license file in
>>> package)
>>
>>
>> What are the consequences/benefits of that?
> 
> 
> The Ruby license had a bunch of stuff specific to Ruby. MIT license is 
> much simpler and very free. Have a look at 
> http://www.rubyonrails.org/show/License for more.

cool

>> And, will there be new videos? ;)
> 
> 
> You betcha! I just got my fancy Sony microphone hooked up, so the next 
> videos will also have a voice over.  I'll be posting them to the newly 
> established Rails Academy at http://www.rubyonrails.org/show/RailsAcademy

Oh man, you amaze us! Really looking forward to video tutorials with 
audio commentary. How great is that!

-- 
Sascha Ebach