Now here are a few dots that demand reference and connection…
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2001: Ruby folks discuss AVM, with a bit of info from Gilad Bracha.
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September 1st, 2006: Joel Spolsky drops the S bomb on Ruby. Blogosphere convulses, a lioness hath whelped in the streets, etc.
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September 7th: Sun, via Tim Bray, declares its love for Ruby.
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September 10th: The Strongtalk VM is released.

Joel is right. I’m not sure what the “s bomb” is but maybe it’s “sanity” – if so, its overdue.
Oh, and I’m writting a new web search engine using bash scripts. It rocks. Well, it will rock when I get the performance and security issues figured out, but that won’t stop me from releasing.