From: Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@...>
Date: 2011-09-10T16:11:47+09:00
Subject: Re: difference between 1.8.6 (rails 1.2.3) and 1.9.2


On Sep 9, 2011, at 22:12 , mark e. wrote:

> hello all -   (total newbie here)
> 
> in case i cannot get past this silly glibc-malloc issue:
> 
> http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/2540375#1021078
> 
> i can have 1.8.6 installed for me with rails 1.2.3 - is there any
> significant difference that a total newbie would run into using such an
> old version of ruby and rails?

If you're just learning rails basics (MVC, basic config, etc), then you're absolutely fine.