> And I agree about the "convenience install pack" of JRuby > having no notion of security practices. It's the equivalent of getting a > Linux box and running IE8 as your default browser.
Not to take things too far off-topic, but I'm not sure how JRuby's non-global installation could be considered insecure or bad practice in any way. I run numerous tools and utilities from within userspace just out of convenience. If I were to install JRuby on a multi-user box or server (and I have), then I would probably stick it in /opt and chown it to root. JRuby works fine in this case, I would simply need to use sudo whenever using gem (just as with MRI). So, I guess I'm not sure what you're saying here regarding JRuby's lack of security practices, seeing as it is every bit as capable as MRI in terms of install configuration, but with the added benefit of allowing non-global installations without fuss. Daniel
