From: phlip <phlip2005@...>
Date: 2008-07-14T22:50:41+09:00
Subject: Re: Why Ruby interpreter is writed in c (not in c++)?

Michal Suchanek wrote:

> And what's worse, for every older C++ project you need appropriate
> vintage of GCC (or whatever compiler the authors used). There are both
> binary-level and source-level differences between different major (and
> even minor) versions of GCC. This is because the standard was (is?)
> relatively rapidly evolving, and the compilers could not pick up the
> changes and fix all deficiencies, or conform in all areas that were
> newly standardised immediately.

Which is why Ruby's source is compatible with K&R C - before even prototypes.