Ruby-dooby-doo!

Now here are a few dots that demand reference and connection…

  • 2001: Ruby folks discuss AVM, with a bit of info from Gilad Bracha.

  • September 1st, 2006: Joel Spolsky drops the S bomb on Ruby. Blogosphere convulses, a lioness hath whelped in the streets, etc.

  • September 7th: Sun, via Tim Bray, declares its love for Ruby.

  • September 10th: The Strongtalk VM is released.

Thanks to Stephen and Rob for providing some of the dots.

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This entry was written by Jeff Waugh, posted on September 15, 2006 at 20:33, filed under Uncategorized and tagged FLOSS. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.

One Comment

  1. Matthew Nuzum
    Posted September 16, 2006 at 05:54 | Permalink |

    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.

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  1. By tecosystems » because technology is just another ecosystem on September 25, 2006 at 05:19

    for hyrbid VM/dynamic opportunities, their actions will ultimately benefit the upstream communities, IMO and apparently Avi’s and Senor Williams’. If we can agree that it is support, then, what does it all mean? Jeff connects some dots for you here, but I’ll put it more bluntly: vendors are waking up to the power not just of the languages but the communities that support and defend them. The very reaction that I lament above – see the comments to the DHH post linked above – is simultaneously

  2. By tecosystems » because technology is just another ecosystem on September 18, 2006 at 20:49

    for hyrbid VM/dynamic opportunities, their actions will ultimately benefit the upstream communities, IMO and apparently Avi’s and Senor Williams’. If we can agree that it is support, then, what does it all mean? Jeff connects some dots for you here, but I’ll put it more bluntly: vendors are waking up to the power not just of the languages but the communities that support and defend them. The very reaction that I lament above – see the comments to the DHH post linked above – is simultaneously

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