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Ruby 1.9 - When Will It be Production Ready
Ruby 1.9 is out - but it's not yet intended to be used in production systems. The release tag had one effect: more developers are actually giving it a spin and try to run their applications and libraries and update them for the new version. We looked at how well Ruby 1.9 fares in this aspect.
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ruby_parser 1.0: a Ruby Parser written in Ruby
Parsing Ruby source code has been done in C, Java, C# - and now in Ruby. Ryan Davis, now working at EngineYard on the Rubinius project, just released ruby_parser 1.0.
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Ruby.NET 0.9 improves .NET interop, adds Form designer support
Ruby.NET, a project to compile Ruby source to .NET CIL, just released version 0.9. The release comes with improved .NET integration and a nearly complete implementation of the Ruby standard library. To top it off, Ruby.NET VS integration ships Form Builder support to help build Ruby GUI apps.
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Mozilla Labs announces Prism
On Friday, Mozilla Labs’ announced Prism, their entry into the budding market-trend of platforms for running web applications on the desktop, similar to Adobe AIR.
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Mono JIT Enhancements: Trampolines and Code Sharing
Curious about how just-in-time compilers work? Two recent posts from the Mono JIT team shed light on how trampolines and code sharing work by illustrating the work they are doing in those areas.