# Ruby 1.9

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9/128693>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 10, 2008, 5:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9/128693 "2008-02-10T17:41:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![bcurtu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/a88e4f/32.png) [@bcurtu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bcurtu)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 5:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9/128693/1 "2008-02-10T17:41:59Z")

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Hi there,

1.- Does Rails 2.0 work with Ruby 1.9?  
2.- Does a code made with Ruby 1.8 compile with 1.9?  
3.- Apart from the performance issue, is it worthy to program with  
Ruby 1.9 rather than 1.8?

Thanks a lot.

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**Author:** ![bcurtu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/a88e4f/32.png) [@bcurtu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bcurtu)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 7:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9/128693/2 "2008-02-10T19:10:59Z")

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On 10 Feb 2008, at 16:41, bcurtu wrote:

> Hi there,
> 
> 1.- Does Rails 2.0 work with Ruby 1.9?  
> No.
> 
> 2.- Does a code made with Ruby 1.8 compile with 1.9?  
> Not always.

Fred

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**Author:** ![bcurtu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/a88e4f/32.png) [@bcurtu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bcurtu)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 7:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9/128693/3 "2008-02-10T19:42:21Z")

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On 2/10/08, bcurtu [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Hi there,
> 
> 1.- Does Rails 2.0 work with Ruby 1.9?  
> 2.- Does a code made with Ruby 1.8 compile with 1.9?  
> 3.- Apart from the performance issue, is it worthy to program with  
> Ruby 1.9 rather than 1.8?

## [Ruby 1.9 - When Will It be Production Ready](http://www.infoq.com/news/2008/01/ruby-19-for-production)

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