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Rubyx OS - A Testament To The Power Of Ruby

Posted by timothy on from the makes-good-slippers dept.

Andrew Walrond writes "Rubyx the OS is created from source by rubyx the ruby script. Got it? The same small ruby script handles all subsequent package management, customised parallel and distributed user-mode package builds, and can create a live CD. For good measure, Rubyx (the os) sports an all new init and rationalised service management system written in ....can you guess?..."

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  1. Ummm... by heldlikesound · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "Rubyx (the os) sports an all new init and rationalised service management system written in ....can you guess?"

    Perl?

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  2. So when is PerlOS coming out? by topher67 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    If Ruby can have its own OS, so should Perl.

    BTW, on a somewhat related note, I still think Cons is a better idea than SCons but now were getting into language wars...

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