# New Ruby Implementation - RazzleDazzle **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [April 2, 2008, 12:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-ruby-implementation-razzledazzle/133602 "2008-04-02T00:06:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![shaners](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@shaners](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/shaners)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 12:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-ruby-implementation-razzledazzle/133602/1 "2008-04-02T00:06:10Z")
RazzleDazzle version 1.0.0 has been released! - [http://theresistancearmy.com/razzledazzle/](http://theresistancearmy.com/razzledazzle/) - [http://theresistancearmy.com/](http://theresistancearmy.com/) - [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) I am happy to annouce the first release of my new fork of Ruby called RazzleDazzle. The goal of RazzleDazzle is to implement new language features that I have noticed to be completely missing. No one likes a “Fork You!”, but sometimes it must be done. I’ve felt very constrained in all kinds of ways by Ruby since switching from PHP a couple years back. PHP methods (e.g. functions) were explicitly named and thus never collided with one another. I’ve had this crazy idea bouncing around my head for months… “What if Ruby could be less like Ruby and more like PHP?” So I’ve decided to go for it. The whole beast is written in PHP. And we’re adding a few more pieces of flare in some spots. The first of note is making everything a hash. Sounds wacky, I know. But give it a few days and you’ll be wishing your spoken language was all hashes, too. Another piece of flare that we’re clipping the the RazzleDazzle suspenders is the --geoff flag when running ruby scripts with RazzleDazzle. Adding --geoff will generate an interview of you about your code and contributions to the Ruby community at large, record the audio, then post it to the Ruby on Rails Podcast. Without further ado, allow me to introduce to you to Razzle Dazzle. [http://theresistancearmy.com/razzledazzle/](http://theresistancearmy.com/razzledazzle/) - [http://theresistancearmy.com/razzledazzle/](http://theresistancearmy.com/razzledazzle/) - [http://theresistancearmy.com/](http://theresistancearmy.com/) - [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)