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Is Ruby 1.9.3 supported on Mac OS? Or should I stick to 1.8.7?

Is Ruby 1.9.3 supported on Mac OS? Or should I stick to 1.8.7? I am new to OS X and am setting up my Ruby development environment.

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  • I upvoted as well. This is a good question.

    I run Ruby 1.9.3 for almost all my development work. I'd highly recommend using it.

    Ruby 1.8.7 is older, slower and is running out of time for support.

    I'd also recommend doing all installation of Ruby on your machine using RVM (The Ruby Version Manager). Here's the link to install it:

    https://rvm.io//rvm/install/

    Once you have RVM installed (the steps on its web page are good), then type the following to install Ruby 1.9.3:

    rvm install ruby-1.9.3-p125

    This will bring the latest version of Ruby 1.9.3 down and install it on your machine for you.