The Christmas-release tradition
Ruby gives itself to the community as a present, almost every December 25.
Since the early days, nearly every major version of Ruby has shipped on December 25. It is a running gift-to-the-community joke that has quietly become a genuine tradition: Ruby 2.0, 2.1 through 2.7, and the big Ruby 3.0 all landed on Christmas Day. It is a small, warm ritual that tells you a lot about the culture, the language literally arrives as a present. (ruby-lang.org release history)
Related: Ruby 3.0 · Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto
Sources
Sources
- Ruby release history: https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/releases/