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How do I tell which Ruby interpreter I'm using?


I've seen this thread, but my question is maybe more basic:

Given that the response from the accepted answer in that thread[1] is for me, "/Users/username/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.3.0/bin/ruby", how do I know if that's MRI, JRuby, etc? What would it look like if it were each of the other major interpreters?


[1] To save a few seconds, RbConfig.ruby


Solution

  • Nowadays, all mainstream Ruby implementations set the RUBY_ENGINE pseudo-constant. The values for the various implementations which I can remember off the top of my head are: