From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2006-09-19T15:50:52+09:00
Subject: Re: Why not a Ruby 1.8 to 2.x Code Convertor?

On Sep 18, 2006, at 3:26 PM, Joseph wrote:

> Having read the long discussion on the advantages and disadvantages of
> language evolution, I have to agree with the original poster.
>
> If there is significant change in the language, yes there will be a
> cost to upgrade the source code to the new standards.
>
> So why shouldn't the Ruby community create the same tool the Perl
> community is apparently working on:  an automatic CODE CONVERTOR or
> "upgrader" from 1.8 to 2.x?

For 1.6 -> 1.8 there was a shim library that added 1.8 features to  
1.6.  (Which is the opposite of what you're asking for, but much  
easier to write.)  I'm pretty sure such a thing will exist once 2.0  
begins to become something real.

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