For now, yeah, because 1.9 is still fairly new and not 100% compatible with olde...

compay on Aug 27, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ruby Version Manager: Easily Use Multiple Ruby Ver...

For now, yeah, because 1.9 is still fairly new and not 100% compatible with older Ruby code. I imagine in a year or so everyone will be on 1.9 and this sort of thing will not be need by most people for a while.