From: Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@...>
Date: 2004-08-03T09:36:18+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby's future

On Tuesday, August 3, 2004, 9:21:34 AM, Phil wrote:

> In article <144121783421.20040802221513@scriptolutions.com>,
> Lothar Scholz  <mailinglists@scriptolutions.com> wrote:
>>Hello Kevin,
>>
>>KH> I've been contemplating using Ruby for an upcoming large project, but became
>>KH> concerned when I learned that the next versions of Ruby (1.9, 2.0) will
>>KH> include sweeping backwards-incompatible changes (ref:
>>KH> http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?Rite). Does this not raise some concern with
>>
>>Rite is not Ruby 2.0

> But doesn't Ruby 2.0 contain Rite?
> I guess I'm under the impression the Rite is the virtual machine for Ruby
> 2.0 - is that true?  So I'm thinking that there won't be a Ruby 2.0 until
> the Rite VM is complete - am I mistaken?

Rather confusingly, there will (apparently) be a 1.9 stable release.
Presumably, 2.0 will implement the same language on top of Rite.  I
wouldn't worry too much about it :)

Gavin