From: David Masover <ninja@...>
Date: 2009-02-12T02:58:16+09:00
Subject: Re: If you are happy with the direction of Ruby 1.8.7+, respond

I'm writing two posts.

A side effect of 1.8.7 is, it sort of pulls the rug out from under 
people wanting to stay on the older, stable version. I really don't see 
a reason why 1.8 shouldn't have features like Symbol#to_proc, or 
Object#tap, or the other things I like from 1.9 -- even some of the 
syntax seems harmless, and unlikely to break anything.

Also, as a user, it seems everything I try works on 1.8.7, while not 
everything works on 1.9 yet. So either it really is a gentler upgrade, 
or people are feeling compelled to have their gems working on the latest 
stable version. So in cases where I can't use 1.9, I can at least get 
closer.