From: Ross Bamford <rossrt@...>
Date: 2006-05-11T16:39:54+09:00
Subject: Re: Compiler for Ruby

On Wed, 2006-05-10 at 23:53 +0900, Logan Capaldo wrote:
> On May 10, 2006, at 9:39 AM, Jamal Mazrui wrote:
> 
> > Thanks for the links.  After reviewing several web pages, I have a few
> > more questions at this time.
> >
> > Can YARV be used to speed up Ruby 1.84 programs for Windows?  Is  
> > YARV on
> > a separate track from Rite, or an integral part of its strategy for
> > better performance?  Is Rite a code name for Ruby 2.0, or will it  
> > be the
> > proper name upon official release of the language, with Ruby being the
> > name for earlier versions instead?  (I hope not, since I like the name
> > Ruby and hope it will continue, either with or without Rite in
> > addition.).
> >
> > Jamal
> >
> >
> 
> ack, top-posting evil!
> 
> anyway, I believe that YARV is the planned VM for Rite. Ruby 2.0 is  
> the name of the language, rite is the name of the C implementation of  
> Ruby 2.0 IIRC.

Indeed, the Ruby name doesn't appear to be endangered:

$ ruby-yarv -v
ruby 2.0.0 (Base: Ruby 1.9.0 2006-04-08) [i686-linux]
YARVCore 0.4.0 Rev: 493 (2006-05-03) [opts: ]

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