From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2009-07-11T22:26:50+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] Ruby Versions site; shell access to historical and current Rubies

Sigh. ruby-versions.net has apparently decided to stop resolving.
(It's attached to an AWS Elastic IP address.) Stay tuned. I'll see
what I can do.


David

On Sat, 11 Jul 2009, David A. Black wrote:

> Hi all --
>
> I've created a site called ruby-versions.net, on which I'm giving out
> shell accounts. The site gives you command-line access to Ruby
> versions dating back to 1.0, and several modern Ruby interpreters
> inclusing JRuby, Rubinius, and Ruby Enterprise Edition (as well as MRI
> 1.8.6, 1.8.7, 1.9.1, and development snapshots).
>
> To get a shell account, please start by reading
> http://ruby-versions.net, and use the link there to email me. That
> will help me semi-automate the process.
>
> ruby-versions.net is an EC2 instance, which means it's potentially a
> bit volatile.... I haven't decided how aggressively to back stuff up.
> Please treat it as a place to try things out, learn about Ruby
> history, compare versions and implementations -- but not as a
> development platform or a place from which to operate Internet
> services.
>
> Have fun!
>
>
> David
>
> -- 
> David A. Black / Ruby Power and Light, LLC
> Ruby/Rails consulting & training: http://www.rubypal.com
> Now available: The Well-Grounded Rubyist (http://manning.com/black2)
> Training! Intro to Ruby, with Black & Kastner, September 14-17
> (More info: http://rubyurl.com/vmzN)
>

-- 
David A. Black / Ruby Power and Light, LLC
Ruby/Rails consulting & training: http://www.rubypal.com
Now available: The Well-Grounded Rubyist (http://manning.com/black2)
Training! Intro to Ruby, with Black & Kastner, September 14-17
(More info: http://rubyurl.com/vmzN)