From: Dick Davies <rasputnik@...>
Date: 2004-09-03T18:48:42+09:00
Subject: Re: newer ruby for Tiger (OSX 10.4)?

* zuzu <sean.zuzu@gmail.com> [0915 18:15]:
> On Fri, 3 Sep 2004 01:59:56 +0900, Chad Fowler <chadfowler@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, 2 Sep 2004 21:32:00 +0900, Dick Davies
> > <rasputnik@hellooperator.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi, just wondered if ruby 1.8 will ship with OSX?
> > >
> > > As an additional question, how do you go about getting a newer
> > > version into OSX? Do Apple just pick one?
> > > 
> > > --
> > 
> > According to someone we spoke to at OSCON, they pick the newest stable
> > release at the time of their feature freeze.  This probably means
> > 1.8.1.
> > 
> > Chad
> 
> i've heard this from other apple developers as well.  1.8.x would be a
> safe assumption.  (finally!  much current ruby code requires a 'fink
> install ruby' rather than the built-in 1.6.  )

Excellent - next question then - is it time to put ruby-cocoa into the ruby
distribution?

me have win32, after all - and who uses that ? :)

> personally, i would like
> to see apple support updating their language runtimes for more than
> just java via 'software update'.  this includes perl, python, and
> ruby.

Since they market Xcode by listing all these, I'd expect them to - oh well,
each OSX release gets a bit saner, so give them time, I guess....

[ Had my personal OSX epiphany last night. My new eMac arrived and it rocks.
Best 500 quid I ever spent -  the NeXTCube done right <g>. ]

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