# Using YARV? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [October 4, 2007, 1:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-yarv/116317 "2007-10-04T13:44:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![softf5ajivanet](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@softf5ajivanet](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/softf5ajivanet)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 1:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-yarv/116317/1 "2007-10-04T13:44:41Z")
Hi, I’ve been trying to read up on YARV and what I’ve read sounds really damn good, just don’t know how to use it. I’ve got a devbox running Ubuntu + Ruby on Rails + Apache + Mongrel, so i’m thinking YARV will replace Mongrel. Appreciate it if anyone could give me some pointers on where to get & build YARV and test it out as a possible replacement for my defacto Mongrels. Thanks in ernest 😉 John. ---
**Author:** ![softf5ajivanet](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@softf5ajivanet](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/softf5ajivanet)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 1:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-yarv/116317/2 "2007-10-04T13:57:06Z")
On 4 Oct 2007, at 12:44, John G. wrote: > build YARV and test it out as a possible replacement for my defacto > Mongrels. You’ve partly got the wrong of the stick. YARV is not a mongrel replacement, it’s the name of a virtual machine for ruby, effectively ruby 1.9 is yarv. What you would need to do is get ruby 1.9. You would then still run mongrel on top of that. I’ve no idea whether rails currently runs on 1.9 ( I would guess that it’s probably not 100% there, since I’ve seen quite a few commits go past with messages to the effect of ‘fixed for ruby 1.9 compatibility’) Fred ---
**Author:** ![softf5ajivanet](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@softf5ajivanet](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/softf5ajivanet)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 2:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-yarv/116317/3 "2007-10-04T14:58:55Z")
Frederick C. wrote: > On 4 Oct 2007, at 12:44, John G. wrote: > > > build YARV and test it out as a possible replacement for my defacto > > Mongrels. > > You’ve partly got the wrong of the stick. YARV is not a mongrel > replacement, it’s the name of a virtual machine for ruby, effectively > ruby 1.9 is yarv. What you would need to do is get ruby 1.9. You > would then still run mongrel on top of that. I’ve no idea whether > rails currently runs on 1.9 ( I would guess that it’s probably not > 100% there, since I’ve seen quite a few commits go past with messages > to the effect of ‘fixed for ruby 1.9 compatibility’) > > Fred oh, ok that makes a lot more sense. where should i start with trying ruby 1.9, and how long will it be before the big 2.0 ? ---
**Author:** ![softf5ajivanet](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@softf5ajivanet](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/softf5ajivanet)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 3:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-yarv/116317/4 "2007-10-04T15:03:17Z")
On 4 Oct 2007, at 13:58, John G. wrote: > > ruby 1.9 is yarv. What you would need to do is get ruby 1.9. You > > would then still run mongrel on top of that. I’ve no idea whether > > rails currently runs on 1.9 ( I would guess that it’s probably not > > 100% there, since I’ve seen quite a few commits go past with messages > > to the effect of ‘fixed for ruby 1.9 compatibility’) > > > > Fred > > oh, ok that makes a lot more sense. where should i start with trying > ruby 1.9, and how long will it be before the big 2.0 ? You can get the ruby trunk snapshots from [Ruby Programming Language](http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/) downloads/ No idea when 2.0 will be out. Fred ---
**Author:** ![softf5ajivanet](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@softf5ajivanet](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/softf5ajivanet)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 3:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-yarv/116317/5 "2007-10-04T15:12:35Z")
Frederick C. wrote: > On 4 Oct 2007, at 13:58, John G. wrote: > > > > ruby 1.9 is yarv. What you would need to do is get ruby 1.9. You > > > would then still run mongrel on top of that. I’ve no idea whether > > > rails currently runs on 1.9 ( I would guess that it’s probably not > > > 100% there, since I’ve seen quite a few commits go past with messages > > > to the effect of ‘fixed for ruby 1.9 compatibility’) > > > > > > Fred > > > > oh, ok that makes a lot more sense. where should i start with trying > > ruby 1.9, and how long will it be before the big 2.0 ? > > You can get the ruby trunk snapshots from [Ruby Programming Language](http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/) > downloads/ > > No idea when 2.0 will be out. > > Fred Ok, will do, thanks for this by the way. Appreciate it, John.