# Differences between 1.8.2 and 1.8.4

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/differences-between-1-8-2-and-1-8-4/50258>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [December 14, 2005, 4:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/differences-between-1-8-2-and-1-8-4/50258 "2005-12-14T16:54:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 4:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/differences-between-1-8-2-and-1-8-4/50258/1 "2005-12-14T16:54:33Z")

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Is there any place that summarizes the major differences between Ruby  
1.8.2 and Ruby 1.8.4?

I’ve got Ruby 1.8.2 installed in a bunch of places and am wondering if  
it’s worth it to upgrade.

Thanks,  
Joe

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**Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 7:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/differences-between-1-8-2-and-1-8-4/50258/2 "2005-12-14T19:49:20Z")

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Short answer:  
I don’t think there have been any major changes, but many, many small  
changes,  
most notably to security.

right now 1.8.4 feels as stable as 1.8.3, so if security is a main  
concern for you  
and you are still running 1.8.2 then switching right now to  
“stable\_snapshot”  
at [http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/20020102.html](http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/20020102.html) will probably work for you.  
But  
it requires compiling.

On the other hand, if you can wait till Christmas the official stable  
version  
will be available, probably with a few precompiled binaries.

Changelog can be found here,  
[http://www.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ruby/ChangeLog?rev=1.2673.2.1437;content-type=text%2Fplain](http://www.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ruby/ChangeLog?rev=1.2673.2.1437;content-type=text%2Fplain)

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**Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 2:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/differences-between-1-8-2-and-1-8-4/50258/3 "2005-12-15T02:12:43Z")

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On 12/14/05, Lou V. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> will be available, probably with a few precompiled binaries.
> 
> Changelog can be found here,  
> [http://www.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ruby/ChangeLog?rev=1.2673.2.1437;content-type=text%2Fplain](http://www.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ruby/ChangeLog?rev=1.2673.2.1437;content-type=text%2Fplain)

I don’t really care too much about security, mainly bugs and speed.

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**Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 11:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/differences-between-1-8-2-and-1-8-4/50258/4 "2005-12-15T11:26:27Z")

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Hi,

At Thu, 15 Dec 2005 00:53:24 +0900,  
Joe Van D. wrote in [ruby-talk:170652]:

> Is there any place that summarizes the major differences between Ruby  
> 1.8.2 and Ruby 1.8.4?

We’re working on it at ruby-dev ML, and  
[http://www.ruby-lang.org/ja/man/?cmd=view;name=ruby+1.8.4+feature](http://www.ruby-lang.org/ja/man/?cmd=view;name=ruby+1.8.4+feature)