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In this presentation at EuRuKo 2016, Hiroshi Shibata, Chief Engineer at GMO Pepabo and member of the Ruby core team, discusses the essential aspects of developing the Ruby core. His talk focuses on the roles and responsibilities of Ruby maintainers, the evolution of Ruby versions, and the significance of community contributions. The key points of his presentation include:

- **Introduction to Ruby and its Implementations**: Hiro highlights the well-known MRI Ruby interpreter developed by Yukihiro Matsumoto, along with other implementations such as JRuby and Rubinius. He discusses the transition from Ruby 1.8 to Ruby 1.9, which introduced the stable YARV VM.

- **Ruby Core Team Structure**: Shibata describes the Ruby core team, comprising about 91 members, with a smaller active committee managing feature developments and maintaining the current stable branches of Ruby (2.3, 2.4, and addressing security for 2.1).

- **Contributions and Standard Libraries**: The presentation emphasizes the collaborative nature of Ruby's ecosystem, where various authors maintain a rich collection of standard libraries, contributing to the language’s versatility and utility.

- **Documentation and Testing**: Shibata discusses the critical role of documentation and testing in Ruby development. He encourages contributions focusing on clear documentation, example codes, and easy test integration to help new users and developers.

- **Security and Maintenance**: The importance of effective handling of security notifications and the regular meetings of the core team to address issues, projects, and new feature requests are highlighted.

- **Future Directions for Ruby**: He calls for collaboration and encourages developers to identify potential transition issues in upcoming Ruby versions while emphasizing maintaining a strong relationship with external libraries.

In conclusion, Shibata underscores the philosophy behind Ruby, which is focused on programmer happiness through readability and simplicity. He invites the community to engage in Ruby's ongoing development to enhance user and contributor experiences. Shibata closes with an open invitation for questions and contributions, emphasizing the importance of community in the Ruby ecosystem.

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