From: Rick DeNatale Date: 2009-07-13T00:31:28+09:00 Subject: Re: [ANN] Ruby Versions site; shell access to historical and current Rubies On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 11:04 AM, David A. Black wrote: > 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. Interesting idea, but I find that multiruby serves the purpose for me. -- Rick DeNatale Blog: http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale WWR: http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale