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Avi Bryant on DabbleDB, Smalltalk and Persistence

Community
Architecture,
Ruby
Topics
Technology,
Runtimes,
Performance & Scalability,
Dynamic Languages

In this interview, Avi Bryant talks about the Smalltalk web framework Seaside, DabbleDB, using Smalltalk images for persistence instead of an RDBMs, GemStone and more.

Avi Bryant on MagLev and GemStone

Community
Architecture,
Ruby
Topics
Technology,
Runtimes,
Performance & Scalability,
Dynamic Languages,
Ruby on Rails

In this interview, Avi Bryant talks about working on GemStone's MagLev, a Ruby implementation built on the GemStone S64 VM. Avi explains the reasons for MagLev, the merits of GemStone's persistence and distribution features, and the future with multiple Ruby implementations.

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GemStone Reveals Plans for MagLev Ruby VM at RailsConf 2008

Community
Ruby
Topics
Language,
Ruby on Rails

At RailsConf on Friday, Avi Bryant and Bob Walker of GemStone revealed plans for the MagLev project. MagLev will run Ruby on Rails within GemStone's distributed object technology. The MagLev VM, although only partially implemented, so far outperforms MRI 1.8.

MagLev: Gemstone builds Ruby runtime based on Smalltalk VM

Community
Architecture,
Ruby
Topics
Runtimes,
Language,
Performance & Scalability,
Database Design,
Dynamic Languages,
Ruby on Rails

OODB vendor Gemstone works on a Ruby VM called MagLev. Working with Seaside's and DabbleDB's Avi Bryant, Gemstone bases the Ruby runtime on their Smalltalk VM to offer performance and powerful persistence features. We talked to Avi Bryant and Gemstone's Bob Walker about the technology behind MagLev and the plans for it.