Re: Ruby status

Aaron's active on the OPS list, but I don't know if he frequents this one.


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From: Richard Schoen <Richard.Schoen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 20, 2017 1:45 PM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Ruby status

Maybe Aaron Bartell can provide some commentary since I believe he was involved in the project at some point. Could be wrong.

Not sure if he still visits here.

He now seems to have switched core focus to Node.Js.

Not sure if that means Ruby didn't go over as super-hot on the i or he found Node more compelling.

Regards,

Richard Schoen
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date: Fri, 20 Oct 2017 17:23:32 +0000
from: Justin Taylor <JUSTIN@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: RE: Ruby status

My curiosity is piqued now, so I did a little digging.

-The initial release was 4 years ago, but the Developer and Enterprise editions still show coming soon.
-The site shows 2017, but a number of the links are dead (apparently links to articles dating back to 2009).
-I don't do Twitter, but it looks to me like the last post to their Twitter feed was 2015.

Agreed, not being IBM official is a hindrance.

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From: John Yeung [gallium.arsenide@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2017 10:38 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Ruby status

I haven't heard anything about Ruby on i for so long, I kind of thought it was a dead project. Am I wrong?

I doubt it's dead. This site doesn't look neglected:

https://powerruby.com/

My sense (completely unsubstantiated) is that it doesn't have the same level of backing as PHP on i, and of course it's not in the 5733-OPS suite of open source. In other words, less money and less shiny. But I would think far from dead.

John Y.