Ruby on Mac OS 9

[Matthias Tarasiewicz]

Hello List,
i am trying to find out if there is a Ruby Binary for Mac OS 9 or if
there is any chance to run Ruby 1.8.4 or 1.8.5 on OS9.

I found a hint on the support for os9 being in the sources
http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/18504

there seems to be a PPC port for ruby 1.4
http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/18536

anyone knows if there is a chance to get Ruby 1.8.4+ running on OS9?

thanks,
Matthias Tarasiewicz

 

[Austin Ziegler]

Hello List,
i am trying to find out if there is a Ruby Binary for Mac OS 9 or if
there is any chance to run Ruby 1.8.4 or 1.8.5 on OS9.

I found a hint on the support for os9 being in the sources
http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/18504

there seems to be a PPC port for ruby 1.4
http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/18536

anyone knows if there is a chance to get Ruby 1.8.4+ running on OS9?

I would suspect the chances are very small.

-austin

 

[Matthias Tarasiewicz]

I would suspect the chances are very small.

-austin

looks like it's possible in general, just a lot of work:
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Carbon-dev/2007/Feb/msg00420.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/student-dev/2007/Feb/msg00070.html

just trying to support the outsiders.
remember that ruby was also non-mainstream some time ago.