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* Written mostly in Ruby * No GIL * JIT * Better garbage collector * Better debugging tools Unfortunately, Rubinius is not yet complete, so it's not a suit

by compay 15y ago

* Written mostly in Ruby * No GIL * JIT * Better garbage collector * Better debugging tools Unfortunately, Rubinius is not yet complete, so it's not a suitable MRI replacement for now.

chollida1 15y ago
Thanks very much! Without the GIL what does that mean for extensions written in C. Would they need to be rewritten?
- compay 15y ago
  Here's Evan Phoenix's answer from a while back: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2265163 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2265163