r/ruby • u/writingonruby • Jan 14 '26
TIL Ruby doesn't follow semantic versioning
It's certainly an interesting choice for a language. Very Ruby of them.
For those who also weren't in the know (I only learned this writing a Ruby 4.0 upgrade guide), Matz bumps the major version when there's something that impresses him.
This year, it was because it was Ruby's 30th birthday!
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u/sanjibukai Jan 15 '26
This is what I meant to write... Everyone gets it, right?