From: Julian Leviston <julian@...>
Date: 2009-02-04T09:49:18+09:00
Subject: Re: 1.9.1?

Keep going with 1.8. There's more in 1.9 and strings are unicode.

Blog: http://random8.zenunit.com/
Learn rails: http://sensei.zenunit.com/

On 04/02/2009, at 4:14 AM, yuckysocks <alex.m.mcpherson@gmail.com>  
wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> I'm about 2 weeks into my learning attempt at Ruby (1.8.6 is what I've
> cut my teeth on).
>
> Can someone give me a rational assessment of the differences between
> the two language versions, and which one I should continue to pursue?
>
> I'm mainly using Ruby with Rails to make basic webapps for my own
> edification.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Alex
>