Re: Bug#522996: ITP: jruby1.2 -- 100% pure-Java implementation of Ruby
On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 02:17:09PM -0700, Sebastien Delafond wrote:
> On Apr/07, Mike Hommey wrote:
> > But why a need for two versions at a time ? AFAICS, jruby 1.2 supports
> > both ruby 1.8 *and* 1.9, as jruby 1.1 does, so why would jruby 1.1
> > still be needed ?
>
> As I said in my other mail, for transition reasons;
> backward-compatibility is something many people like to *try* before
> actually taking the leap.
Backward compatibility apply for ruby 1.8 vs ruby 1.9. I don't see it
applying between jruby 1.1 and jruby 1.2, except for bugs.
Mike
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