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May 7, 2026 · Fundamentals

Ruby Creator Matz Leverages AI to Build a Native Ahead‑of‑Time Compiler

Ruby creator Yukihiro Matsumoto (Matz) teamed up with Anthropic's Claude to develop Spinel, an experimental ahead‑of‑time compiler that turns Ruby code into C, delivers roughly 11.6× speed‑up over MiniRuby, but currently supports only a subset of Ruby features.