What is Rubinius
Rubinius is an implementation of the Ruby programming language.
Rubinius includes a bytecode virtual machine, Ruby syntax parser, bytecode compiler, generational garbage collector, just-in-time (JIT) native machine code compiler, and Ruby Core and Standard libraries.
Rubinius currently implements Ruby version 1.8.7.
License
Rubinius uses the BSD license. See the LICENSE file in the source.
Installing
Rubinius runs on Mac OS X and many Unix/Linux operating systems. Support for Microsoft Windows is coming soon.
To install Rubinius, use the following steps. For more detailed information, see getting started.
git clone git://github.com/evanphx/rubinius.git
cd rubinius
./configure --prefix=/path/to/install/dir
rake install
Add /path/to/install/dir/bin to your PATH