first of all I have to say…
Ruby is a nice and powerful, good designed script `language´.
But the interpreter itself has some oddities
(not thread-safe, global vars; there are some bugs in
basic code-parts; some extensions like tk
are `ugly´ implemented (i.e. for win32 there is a thread
with priority highest,…).
But its nice and easy to write an extension in c/c++
okay,…
-> on www.ruby-lang.org there is a project for the
ruby-interpreter (owner mats).
-> on sourceforge.net there is a project with three developers
(without mats).
are this diff. projects?
who is working on ruby 2.0 (I known, mats is working on version
1.6.8)?
first of all I have to say…
Ruby is a nice and powerful, good designed script `language´.
I agree, except for the part where language is put in quote marks.
But the interpreter itself has some oddities
(not thread-safe, global vars; there are some bugs in
basic code-parts;
I don’t know on the substance, but, as to form, I recommend sending in
bug reports and identifying problem areas and proposing solutions (once
you’re sure you understand the problem). I do think one needs global
values in the language in order to define the environment. As I
understand it, Ruby initially defines global variables with the values
from corresponding global constants; these variables can then be
modified (for example, to redirect stdout).
some extensions like tk
are `ugly´ implemented (i.e. for win32 there is a thread
with priority highest,…)
I don’t know.
But its nice and easy to write an extension in c/c++
So I’ve heard.
okay,…
→ on www.ruby-lang.org there is a project for the
ruby-interpreter (owner mats).
→ on sourceforge.net there is a project with three developers
(without mats).
are this diff. projects?
who is working on ruby 2.0 (I known, mats is working on version
1.6.8)?
[snip]
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For history, please see:
matz is also the lead and primary developer of Ruby, and the final
decisionmaker as to what is (and is not) Ruby. You can find out more
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