From: Steve Klabnik Date: 2011-10-07T04:46:26+09:00 Subject: Re: a dream: gem require auto-installer > With (red) Shoes, we got  "Shoes.setup { gem 'json_pure' } ", this is > really useful for non-native gem ! And as the Shoes maintainer, the reason that this is in here is specifically to help new people. This feature is really useful, but it does semi-violate what most programmers would expect out of a system. Since Shoes is a custom Ruby distribution, we can play by slightly different rules. :)