# Re: Ruby history **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [March 22, 2006, 9:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ruby-history/85564 "2006-03-22T21:52:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BergerS_Daniel)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 9:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ruby-history/85564/1 "2006-03-22T21:52:24Z")
> language and > for this report, but also to learn, understand, and advance > my knowledge > of computing in general. Any new languages I learn helps me become a > better programmer. Please e-mail me at removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > > Thanks in advance for any helpful and/or useful information, > Craig Robert Schweitzer University of Central Florida You may want to email Matz directly to request that information. I suspect it exists, but that much of the earlier stuff is in Japanese only. Also, there is no Ruby ‘compiler’. There’s also no ‘runtime environment’, though if you mean a virtual machine, one is coming for Ruby 2.0 (YARV). Regards, Dan ---
**Author:** ![BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BergerS_Daniel)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 10:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ruby-history/85564/2 "2006-03-22T22:00:13Z")
> Also, there is no Ruby ‘compiler’ > > Dan I thought there was a way to compile Ruby into an executable (similar, but better than, Perl’s perlcc), or did I misread an email thread that went by a while back? ---
**Author:** ![BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BergerS_Daniel)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 10:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ruby-history/85564/3 "2006-03-22T22:07:51Z")
David I. wrote: > > Also, there is no Ruby ‘compiler’ > > > > Dan > > I thought there was a way to compile Ruby into an executable (similar, but > better than, Perl’s perlcc), or did I misread an email thread that went by a > while back? I believe you’re thinking of either exerb or rubyscriptexe, which only work for Windows (or Linux). They aren’t ‘compilers’ per se. Regards, Dan ---
**Author:** ![BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BergerS_Daniel)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 10:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ruby-history/85564/4 "2006-03-22T22:13:16Z")
On Mar 22, 2006, at 1:00 PM, David I. wrote: > > Also, there is no Ruby ‘compiler’ > > > > Dan > > I thought there was a way to compile Ruby into an executable > (similar, but > better than, Perl’s perlcc), or did I misread an email thread that > went by a > while back? I remember finding a way to package a Ruby program in an executable, but it wasn’t a compiler, it just packed the Ruby interpreter along with the Ruby source into the .exe. Tim ---
**Author:** ![BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BergerS_Daniel)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 10:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ruby-history/85564/5 "2006-03-22T22:20:43Z")
Thank you very much for your help…do you know how to contact Matz directly? Do you know his e-mail or any other way of contacting him? Thanks again, Craig Berger, Daniel wrote: > > language and > > for this report, but also to learn, understand, and advance > > my knowledge > > of computing in general. Any new languages I learn helps me become a > > better programmer. Please e-mail me at removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > > > > Thanks in advance for any helpful and/or useful information, > > Craig Robert Schweitzer University of Central Florida > > You may want to email Matz directly to request that information. I > suspect it exists, but that much of the earlier stuff is in Japanese > only. > > Also, there is no Ruby ‘compiler’. There’s also no ‘runtime > environment’, though if you mean a virtual machine, one is coming for > Ruby 2.0 (YARV). > > Regards, > > Dan ---
**Author:** ![BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BergerS_Daniel)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 11:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ruby-history/85564/6 "2006-03-22T23:05:33Z")
On 3/22/06, Craig S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Thank you very much for your help…do you know how to contact Matz > directly? Do you know his e-mail or any other way of contacting him? Well, he reads this list, so there’s a fair chance he’ll see this post. If you don’t want to wait, give him a shot here: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid ---
**Author:** ![BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BergerS_Daniel)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 11:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ruby-history/85564/7 "2006-03-22T23:09:46Z")
Bill G. wrote: > Well, he reads this list, so there’s a fair chance he’ll see this > post. If you don’t want to wait, give him a shot here: > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid And while you’re waiting to hear from Matz, check this out, if you haven’t already: ``` http://www.rubygarden.org/faq/section/show/1 ``` –Steve ---
**Author:** ![BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BergerS_Daniel)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 6:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ruby-history/85564/8 "2006-03-23T18:15:50Z")
Stephen W. wrote: > Bill G. wrote: > > > Well, he reads this list, so there’s a fair chance he’ll see this > > post. If you don’t want to wait, give him a shot here: > > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > > And while you’re waiting to hear from Matz, check this out, if you > haven’t already: > > ``` > http://www.rubygarden.org/faq/section/show/1 > > ``` > > –Steve Thank you all very much. I might ask a question about how to write an certain example program in a little while. Is that okay on this forum, or is there a better place for me to ask for help? Craig S.