"... any reason as to why this resurfaces from 2008? ..." A practical reason: Ruby doesn't have the depth of Python libraries, get more done in less time.[0] A

"... any reason as to why this resurfaces from 2008? ..." A practical reason: Ruby doesn't have the depth of Python libraries, get more done in less time.[0] A theoretical reason: reading through the docs you find that 'decompyle' is based on 'spark' (John Aycock's generic small languages compiler), learning new things about languages & compilers is good. A philosophical reason: studying _whys' code is like finding some lost Greek classic from the library of Alexandria. Worthy of reading, just to see how a hacker works this problem, thus making it timeless. [0] At the time the code was written.