There are multiple Ruby implementations in the works right now. Which are you looking forward to and why? Do you actively use a non-MRI implementation in production? Some of the options include: Ruby MRI (original 1.8 branch) YARV (official 1.9) JRuby Rubinius IronRuby MagLev (Thanks Julian) ...
What are the advantages/disadvantages of the major Ruby VMs (things like features, compatibility, performance, and quirks?) I know there are also some bonus features like being able to use Java interfaces through JRuby, too. Those would also be helpful to note. Does any VM have a clear advantage at this point, and in what contexts? ...
Is there a web site that indicates which gems work on rubinius (or other implementations of ruby), like isitruby19.com indicates which gems work on ruby 1.9? (I'm curious about heckle working with rubinius in particular) ...
I've been programming in Ruby for a while now with just the standard MRI implementation of Ruby, but I've always been curious about the other implementations I hear so much about. I was reading about Rubinius the other day, a Ruby interpreter written in Ruby. I tried looking it up in various places, but I was having a hard time figurin...
Do all Ruby interpreters follow the same Ruby syntax defined in www.ruby-lang.org? MRI YARV Rubinius JRuby IronRuby Cause it is the interpreter that defines the Ruby language. Does that mean one interpreter could add a feature/syntatic sugar that other interpreters haven't? If that is the case, do all interpreters have their own API...