Friedrich Dominicus wrote:
>>I personally would very much like Ruby development to be sped up. We 
>>have been hearing about Ruby2 for a long time now but there's not a sign 
>>of it coming anytime soon. Does matz want Ruby development to be faster 
>>or is he generally satisfied with the current pace? (I admit things like 
>>good design or "inspirations" often cannot be forced.)
> 
> Why do you need a Ruby 2? 
> 
> What are you missing?
> What is supposed to be added to Ruby 2.0
> 
> What makes Ruby 1.8 inadequate?

os threads, gc improvements, (and perhaps precompilation/bytecode too). 
if i have to choose one, then os threads.

all of the above are really useful for writing:
- [windows] desktop apps;
- servers/daemons;
- commercial apps;

i'd really like to be able to write linux & windows multithreaded, 
long-running programs in ruby that are stable and fast-performing.

the language itself is great, i don't think there's something i want 
changed/added badly. i have only minor rants with the language.

-- 
dave