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JRuby Roundup: 1.1.3, rcov4jr, Rubinius MVM and FFI

Community
Java,
Ruby
Topics
Software Testing,
Runtimes,
JRuby,
RubyGems

JRuby 1.1.3 was released with Gems 1.2, improved performance, and many other fixes. Meanwhile the library support for JRuby increases, with a JRuby version of rcov in the works, as well as ports of Rubinius' Foreign Function Interface (FFI) and its MVM API.

RubyKaigi 2008: Standardization, 1.9 Roadmap

Community
Ruby
Topics
Runtimes

News from RubyKaigi2008—the Japanese Ruby conference held at Tsukuba from June 20 through 22—concerning the planned Ruby standardization, the Ruby 1.9 roadmap and a glimpse at upcoming features in future versions of Ruby.

Common Ruby MVM API research kicked off

Community
Java,
Ruby
Topics
Technology,
Runtimes,
Performance & Scalability,
JRuby

Research on the topic of Multiple VM (MVM) Ruby will be conducted at the University of Tokyo together with Sun's JRuby team. The work will investigate issues such as communication between VMs and a common API across all Ruby implementations, with solutions provided initially for Ruby and JRuby.