[–] catch23 16y ago ↗ I'm glad someone else is coming with a solution other than maven. Maven is one complicated beast.
[–] Oompa 16y ago ↗ And this is why having the main Ruby gem repository completely open source rocks :)
[–] sreque 16y ago ↗ See also buildr, which attempts to be a drop-in Maven replacement using a ruby DSL built on top of rake. http://buildr.apache.org/
[–] sandGorgon 16y ago ↗ why is it in Ruby?As opposed to, say, Clojure or Scala ? [–] sailormoon 16y ago ↗ Because the finished, mature, best in class ruby implementation is completely open source and is just sitting there for anyone to adopt, right now?No need to re-invent the wheel. : ) [–] lucraft 16y ago ↗ Why write it in Clojure, as opposed to, say, Scala or JRuby?
[–] sailormoon 16y ago ↗ Because the finished, mature, best in class ruby implementation is completely open source and is just sitting there for anyone to adopt, right now?No need to re-invent the wheel. : )
[–] prodigal_erik 16y ago ↗ I don't get it. The FAQ implies they aren't using jar files, so are they providing a custom classloader instead? If they inherited multiple-version support from rubygems, how do they know which version I want visible?
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[ 3.5 ms ] story [ 27.0 ms ] threadAs opposed to, say, Clojure or Scala ?
No need to re-invent the wheel. : )