"Ruby 4.0: To Infinity and Beyond"
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A discussion of current challenges in the Ruby language, its ecosystem and its community, with proposed ideas for addressing those problems. The talk outlines a roadmap toward a hypothetical Ruby 4.0 release intended to secure Ruby’s future and influence.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Start
- 2:15cider[ ]
- 13:14Duck inference?
- 13:30Better support for concurrent & parallel programming
- 14:053 times faster performance?
- 16:08Ruby 4x4
- 21:52Design principle #2
- 25:10core library method aliases
- 31:12Mutable strings
- 36:36Move the important bits to the Core Library
- 36:53Leverage modern Ruby features in the Standard Library
- 37:10Formal language specification and compatibility test suite
- 40:15Stewardship: The Sobering Parts
- 42:56Epilogue
