Ruby Goes to the Sun

James Britt

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Apr 1, 2006, 10:31:54 AM4/1/06

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I've not seen this translated anyplace, but the Japanese Ruby site has
an announcement about Ruby being bought (yeah, I was surprised, too) by
Sun Microsystems; Matz is moving to California!

The purchase takes effect on Christmas; in preparation for Sun
ownership, Matz is adding static typing (so it plays better with
Java(tm)), and replacing those annoying "end" keywords with significant
indentation, a la Python. (You'll get used to it.) The new name will
be Ruby 2 Enterprise Edition 3000.

The best part, though, is that James Gosling will be adding an
interplanetary navigation library. Pretty sweet!

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James Britt

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about is if you know what you are talking about."
- Logan Capaldo

D_Guidi

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Apr 1, 2006, 10:43:42 AM4/1/06

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Today it's the joke day... nice ... :)

Daniel Harple

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Apr 1, 2006, 10:56:58 AM4/1/06

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On Apr 1, 2006, at 5:31 PM, James Britt wrote:

> Ruby 2 Enterprise Edition 3000

No 6 in that name?

-- Daniel

Jared Richardson

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Apr 1, 2006, 10:39:22 AM4/1/06

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Excellent! I can't wait for Enterprise Ruby Beans!

Jared
http://jaredrichardson.net

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David N. Welton

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Apr 1, 2006, 1:51:27 PM4/1/06

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James Britt wrote:
> I've not seen this translated anyplace, but the Japanese Ruby site has
> an announcement about Ruby being bought (yeah, I was surprised, too) by
> Sun Microsystems; Matz is moving to California!

I heard that that Hanson guy was putting the band back together for the
MMMBop reunion tour:

http://dedasys.com/hanson_mmmbop.jpg

Sadly, that will leave him little time for Rails hacking.

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Dave Burt

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Apr 1, 2006, 3:48:49 PM4/1/06

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Jared Richardson wrote:
> Excellent! I can't wait for Enterprise Ruby Beans!

No, they will have to find a new name, we already have an ERB, eRuby!

Dave

Robert Dober

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Apr 1, 2006, 5:48:03 PM4/1/06

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I think James should have waited to announce this a day later, but it
becomes clear that he writes the truth when thinking about the imprtance the
sun has in Japanese tradation,
what April 2nd already?
Too bad

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Deux choses sont infinies : l'univers et la bêtise humaine ; en ce qui
concerne l'univers, je n'en ai pas acquis la certitude absolue.

- Albert Einstein

David Vallner

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Apr 1, 2006, 6:03:02 PM4/1/06

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Dňa Sobota 01 Apríl 2006 17:31 James Britt napísal:

> I've not seen this translated anyplace, but the Japanese Ruby site has
> an announcement about Ruby being bought (yeah, I was surprised, too) by
> Sun Microsystems; Matz is moving to California!
>
> The purchase takes effect on Christmas; in preparation for Sun
> ownership, Matz is adding static typing (so it plays better with
> Java(tm)), and replacing those annoying "end" keywords with significant
> indentation, a la Python. (You'll get used to it.) The new name will
> be Ruby 2 Enterprise Edition 3000.
>
> The best part, though, is that James Gosling will be adding an
> interplanetary navigation library. Pretty sweet!

Pffft, -waaay- too obvious. I prefer April's Fools jokes that are completely
believable. Setting up hoax sites with fake news articles would gain major
bonus points ;P Possibly an interview with the Sun CEO as a mild giveaway ;P

David Vallner

James Britt

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Apr 1, 2006, 7:47:35 PM4/1/06

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David Vallner wrote:
> DÅˆa Sobota 01 AprÃl 2006 17:31 James Britt napÃsal:

You forgot the link.

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James Britt

http://r2ee3k.sun.com - Next-generation Enterprise Ruby

David Vallner

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Apr 2, 2006, 10:49:26 AM4/2/06

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Dňa Nedeľa 02 Apríl 2006 02:47 James Britt napísal:
> You forgot the link.

Hmm, didn't get that one with the original mail...

Amazingly enough, googling for "next generation enterprise ruby" yields two
Star Trek links in the first ten results. Coincidence? I think not ;)

David Vallner

Robert Dober

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Apr 2, 2006, 11:06:09 AM4/2/06

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> Do you have enough Data to prove your theory?

Robert Klemme

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Apr 10, 2006, 6:08:26 AM4/10/06

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Jared Richardson wrote:
> Excellent! I can't wait for Enterprise Ruby Beans!

ERB is already there. :-)

robert