From: "Berger, Daniel" <Daniel.Berger@...>
Date: 2006-03-23T05:52:10+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby history

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> 
> I am writing a report on the language Ruby, and I was wondering if 
> anyone can give me some help.  I have been researching the 
> language and 
> I can't seem to find a good evolution of the language.  I know it was 
> formed with the programmer in mind, I know some of the 
> history, I know 
> when it was made public.  But I can't find a chronological history of 
> the language, the advancements and evolutions through each version 
> released,the compiler, the runtime environment.  Any information or 
> links someone could send me on these topics or any other interesting 
> facts about the language would be greatly appreciated.  I have never 
> used the language and would like to learn as much as 
> possible, not only 
> for this report, but also to learn, understand, and advance 
> my knowledge 
> of computing in general.  Any new languages I learn helps me become a 
> better programmer.  Please e-mail me at cschweitzer@cfl.rr.com
> 
> Thanks in advance for any helpful and/or useful information, 
> Craig Robert Schweitzer University of Central Florida

You may want to email Matz directly to request that information.  I
suspect it exists, but that much of the earlier stuff is in Japanese
only.

Also, there is no Ruby 'compiler'.  There's also no 'runtime
environment', though if you mean a virtual machine, one is coming for
Ruby 2.0 (YARV).

Regards,

Dan