From: Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...>
Date: 2004-09-16T08:16:15+09:00
Subject: Re: Hacking the Ruby interpreter

Hi,

In message "Re: Hacking the Ruby interpreter"
    on Thu, 16 Sep 2004 08:04:50 +0900, Tim Hunter <cyclists@nc.rr.com> writes:

|I've got an idea for a hack^H^H^H^H enhancement to the interpreter that I'd
|like to try out. If it works, I was thinking of distributing it as a patch.
|If somebody wanted to use it, they'd have to d/l the Ruby tarball, apply
|the patch, build, and install.

If the idea is a really good one, send us to merge in.

|Does this sound like a reasonable approach? Any catches I'm overlooking? Of
|course the license would be the same as Ruby's.
|
|What version of Ruby should I use? I suppose the stable 1.8.1, unless of
|course 1.8.2 becomes production before I'm done, which is possible.

CVS HEAD (1.9.0) is a reasonable test bed for new ideas.

							matz.