Walter Davis wrote: > Thanks, that sounds like the middle path for me to take with this > server. The Passenger stuff sounds like a better project for when I > have more time to fiddle, or I get another Xserve. > > When I update Ruby from 1.8.6 to 1.8.7, do I need to update gems > (speaking in general, I realize the specifics might make a > difference).
I don't see why you would. Since the gems are interpreted, I would expect then to have all the code they need to run on both versions. (If they were compiled, I could imagine one version or the other getting optimized away depending on compilation target.) > Do gems need to be "compiled" differently for different > versions of the language? Gems aren't compiled at all! Ruby is interpreted. Some gems have compiled native extensions that are called by Ruby, but I assume those would be the same between 1.8.6 and 1.8.7. > > Walter Best, -- Marnen Laibow-Koser http://www.marnen.org [email protected] -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
