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Re:RVM 2.0: Convert 20,000 lines of shell script into Ruby [... by nbouscal on Friday October 18, 2013 @09:47AM (#6571316)
Alternatively, use <100 lines of shell script: https://github.com/postmodern/chruby
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Re:RVM 2.0: Convert 20,000 lines of shell script into Ruby [... by scoot on Friday October 18, 2013 @11:58AM (#6572063)
Or even better, rbenv: https://github.com/sstephenson/rbenv
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Re:RVM 2.0: Convert 20,000 lines of shell script into Ruby [... by nbouscal on Friday October 18, 2013 @12:30PM (#6572243)
Better how? I used rbenv before using chruby and while rbenv is a huge improvement over RVM, I've found chruby to be a further improvement over rbenv.
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Re:RVM 2.0: Convert 20,000 lines of shell script into Ruby [... by izietto on Friday October 18, 2013 @12:08PM (#6572123)
Since I switched to rbenv I have never needed RVM
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Re:RVM 2.0: Convert 20,000 lines of shell script into Ruby [... by darkchasma on Friday October 18, 2013 @09:53AM (#6571346)
Silly man, that wouldn't require $50,000.
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Re:RVM 2.0: Convert 20,000 lines of shell script into Ruby [... by FooBarWidget on Friday October 18, 2013 @10:12AM (#6571437)
RVM is larger and does a whole lot more than chruby. For one, it's much more friendly to new users and doesn't suffer from usability problems like these:

https://github.com/postmodern/chruby/issues/212

https://github.com/postmodern/chruby/issues/213

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Re:RVM 2.0: Convert 20,000 lines of shell script into Ruby [... by nbouscal on Friday October 18, 2013 @11:18AM (#6571843)
RVM doesn't suffer from those specific usability problems, but it most certainly does suffer from usability problems. I've wasted many, many hours debugging issues caused by RVM. For the most part, those issues are because RVM is larger and does a whole lot more than chruby, and since switching I haven't once missed any of those extra features.
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