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Re: Ruby history

Berger, Daniel

3/22/2006 8:52:00 PM

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:list-bounce@example.com] On Behalf Of Craig Schweitzer
> Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 1:47 PM
> To: ruby-talk ML
> Subject: Ruby history
>
>
> I am writing a report on the language Ruby, and I was wondering if
> anyone can give me some help. I have been researching the
> language and
> I can't seem to find a good evolution of the language. I know it was
> formed with the programmer in mind, I know some of the
> history, I know
> when it was made public. But I can't find a chronological history of
> the language, the advancements and evolutions through each version
> released,the compiler, the runtime environment. Any information or
> links someone could send me on these topics or any other interesting
> facts about the language would be greatly appreciated. I have never
> used the language and would like to learn as much as
> possible, not only
> for this report, but also to learn, understand, and advance
> my knowledge
> of computing in general. Any new languages I learn helps me become a
> better programmer. Please e-mail me at cschweitzer@cfl.rr.com
>
> Thanks in advance for any helpful and/or useful information,
> Craig Robert Schweitzer University of Central Florida

You may want to email Matz directly to request that information. I
suspect it exists, but that much of the earlier stuff is in Japanese
only.

Also, there is no Ruby 'compiler'. There's also no 'runtime
environment', though if you mean a virtual machine, one is coming for
Ruby 2.0 (YARV).

Regards,

Dan
8 Answers

dishmael

3/22/2006 9:00:00 PM

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>Also, there is no Ruby 'compiler'
>
>Dan

I thought there was a way to compile Ruby into an executable (similar, but
better than, Perl's perlcc), or did I misread an email thread that went by a
while back?

Berger, Daniel

3/22/2006 9:07:00 PM

0

David Ishmael wrote:
>>Also, there is no Ruby 'compiler'
>>
>>Dan
>
>
> I thought there was a way to compile Ruby into an executable (similar, but
> better than, Perl's perlcc), or did I misread an email thread that went by a
> while back?

I believe you're thinking of either exerb or rubyscriptexe, which only work for
Windows (or Linux). They aren't 'compilers' per se.

Regards,

Dan

Timothy Bennett

3/22/2006 9:13:00 PM

0


On Mar 22, 2006, at 1:00 PM, David Ishmael wrote:

>> Also, there is no Ruby 'compiler'
>>
>> Dan
>
> I thought there was a way to compile Ruby into an executable
> (similar, but
> better than, Perl's perlcc), or did I misread an email thread that
> went by a
> while back?
>

I remember finding a way to package a Ruby program in an executable,
but it wasn't a compiler, it just packed the Ruby interpreter along
with the Ruby source into the .exe.

Tim

dishmael

3/22/2006 9:16:00 PM

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Yep, I just went back and looked, its just a collector: RubyScript2Exe. My
bad...

-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Berger [mailto:Daniel.Berger@qwest.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 4:07 PM
To: ruby-talk ML
Subject: Re: Ruby history

David Ishmael wrote:
>>Also, there is no Ruby 'compiler'
>>
>>Dan
>
>
> I thought there was a way to compile Ruby into an executable (similar, but
> better than, Perl's perlcc), or did I misread an email thread that went by
a
> while back?

I believe you're thinking of either exerb or rubyscriptexe, which only work
for
Windows (or Linux). They aren't 'compilers' per se.

Regards,

Dan

Craig Schweitzer

3/22/2006 9:21:00 PM

0

Thank you very much for your help...do you know how to contact Matz
directly? Do you know his e-mail or any other way of contacting him?

Thanks again,
Craig

Berger, Daniel wrote:
>> language and
>> for this report, but also to learn, understand, and advance
>> my knowledge
>> of computing in general. Any new languages I learn helps me become a
>> better programmer. Please e-mail me at cschweitzer@cfl.rr.com
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any helpful and/or useful information,
>> Craig Robert Schweitzer University of Central Florida
>
> You may want to email Matz directly to request that information. I
> suspect it exists, but that much of the earlier stuff is in Japanese
> only.
>
> Also, there is no Ruby 'compiler'. There's also no 'runtime
> environment', though if you mean a virtual machine, one is coming for
> Ruby 2.0 (YARV).
>
> Regards,
>
> Dan


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Bill Guindon

3/22/2006 10:05:00 PM

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On 3/22/06, Craig Schweitzer <cschweitzer@cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> Thank you very much for your help...do you know how to contact Matz
> directly? Do you know his e-mail or any other way of contacting him?

Well, he reads this list, so there's a fair chance he'll see this
post. If you don't want to wait, give him a shot here:
matz@ruby-lang.org

> Thanks again,
> Craig
>
> Berger, Daniel wrote:
> >> language and
> >> for this report, but also to learn, understand, and advance
> >> my knowledge
> >> of computing in general. Any new languages I learn helps me become a
> >> better programmer. Please e-mail me at cschweitzer@cfl.rr.com
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance for any helpful and/or useful information,
> >> Craig Robert Schweitzer University of Central Florida
> >
> > You may want to email Matz directly to request that information. I
> > suspect it exists, but that much of the earlier stuff is in Japanese
> > only.
> >
> > Also, there is no Ruby 'compiler'. There's also no 'runtime
> > environment', though if you mean a virtual machine, one is coming for
> > Ruby 2.0 (YARV).
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Dan
>
>
> --
> Posted via http://www.ruby-....
>
>


--
Bill Guindon (aka aGorilla)
The best answer to most questions is "it depends".

Stephen Waits

3/22/2006 10:10:00 PM

0

Bill Guindon wrote:
> Well, he reads this list, so there's a fair chance he'll see this
> post. If you don't want to wait, give him a shot here:
> matz@ruby-lang.org

And while you're waiting to hear from Matz, check this out, if you
haven't already:

http://www.rubygarden.org/faq/sect...

--Steve

Craig Schweitzer

3/23/2006 5:16:00 PM

0

Stephen Waits wrote:
> Bill Guindon wrote:
>> Well, he reads this list, so there's a fair chance he'll see this
>> post. If you don't want to wait, give him a shot here:
>> matz@ruby-lang.org
>
> And while you're waiting to hear from Matz, check this out, if you
> haven't already:
>
> http://www.rubygarden.org/faq/sect...
>
> --Steve

Thank you all very much. I might ask a question about how to write an
certain example program in a little while. Is that okay on this forum,
or is there a better place for me to ask for help?

Craig Schweitzer

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