I'm just starting to get into Ruby but I'm pretty confused about this project. It sounds really cool, but doesn't Ruby 1.9 already have a GC and compiles into byte code? Maybe 1.9 doesn't have a JIT but couldn't they add it?
There was an old magazine called the C User's Journal a while back. Then it became the C/C++ User's Journal. Finally it either got purchased by Dr. Dobbs or it became Dr. Dobbs. I'd love to get a look at some of those articles in the CUJ. Dobbs doesn't seem to have articles online anymore from this era. I think my only hope is to make it to a well known university library..