From: Soh Dubom <sohdubom@...>
Date: 2009-02-15T21:04:16+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby language: compiled or jited?

Ken Bloom wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 20:41:52 -0500, Soh Dubom wrote:
> 
>> Is it true that ruby language will change to a compiled or jited
>> language, like .net or java?
> 
> Ruby 1.9 introduced a bytecode-based interpreter (which converts your
> program to its own bytecodes and then interprets those bytecodes a la
> very old Java VMs). JRuby already has an interpreter which compiles to
> the Java VM, and these days that is JITted, so I guess it's already
> changed.
> 
> --Ken

Hum, does it make Ruby 1.9 a compiled language as, let's say C#? The 
reason I got interested in Ruby is because it's an interpreted language 
and I don't have to, for every change, re-compiled it
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