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Discussion on: What great software invention or idea never gained adoption?

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leastbad

When Avi Bryant showed off his MagLev prototype, showing Ruby running on a Smalltalk VM, I thought I was seeing the future.

Sadly, he never intended to spend more than a summer on it, and nothing came of it. Huge letdown.

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Jamie Gaskins

Agreed, MagLev held so much promise. I wanted so badly to see it become something I could use in production. The ability to persist arbitrary Ruby objects would’ve been a game changer.