From: Karl von Laudermann <doodpants@...>
Date: 2006-10-26T00:55:24+09:00
Subject: Re: Is there really an impending Ruby fracture???


Luciano Ramalho wrote:
> I came out of RubyConf thinking that a fork in Ruby is a real
> possibility, and considering whether or not to blog about it. Even
> talking about a fork is very dangerous for any open source project,
> especially one that is aiming and mainstream acceptance.

Multiple interpreters for a language doesn't necessarily mean that the
language itself will fork. Look at C, for example; there are tons of C
compilers, that all compile the same language. Then again, there is an
ANSI standard C spec. Maybe Ruby could benefit from becoming
standardized at some point in the future? If there eventually exist a
ton of Ruby interpreters/VMs(/compilers?) all implementing the same
standard, this can only help Ruby the language, not hurt it.