From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2009-07-13T00:04:14+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] Ruby Versions site; shell access to historical and current  Rubies

Hi --

On Sun, 12 Jul 2009, David Masover wrote:

> On Saturday 11 July 2009 06:35:01 pm James Gray wrote:
>> I also feel like you guys felt this service was for heavy work.  I
>> felt much more that it was for poking around, satisfying historical
>> curiosities, and trying things out.  If you are uploading production
>> code, my opinion is that you've already screwed up.
>
> Makes sense. I wouldn't upload anything I cared about to Try Ruby, either.
>
> But, doing this kind of harsh analysis -- poking at its security -- helps
> establish that it's for curiosity only, hopefully before anyone uses it for
> heavy work!

It is definitely, and explicitly (the website and /etc/motd both say
so), not for long-term or large-scale development. I don't guarantee
that files will not be deleted. It's just a place where you can do
some comparisons and learn about the evolution of Ruby.

Let me know if you (anyone) want an account.


David

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