From: Diego Virasoro <Diego.Virasoro@...>
Date: 2008-11-18T22:36:30+09:00
Subject: Re: when will the ruby 2.0 be released?

> Only then is work on Ruby 2.0 going to *start*. Ruby 2.0 is a *very*
> ambitious project, so it is probably going to take several years to
> complete. (Ruby 1.8 to Ruby 1.9 took 5.5 years, but Ruby 1.9 is not
> nearly as ambitious as Ruby 2.0.)

What do you mean by "more ambitious"? Could you expand on that?

In a way I am a bit afraid, 'cause if history is any indication,
usually this "grandeous schemes" end up taking forever and eventually
stall. Examples are Copland for the Apple, Vista for Microsoft (the
original project), Perl 6, etc...

Wouldn't a more "evolutionary" approach suite best? Or is there some
feature of Ruby 2.0 that requires a total revolution and can't be done
otherwise? What's so wrong with Ruby 1.9?

Thank you

Diego