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Boo 0.9.3 has been released. Boo is a statically-typed, object-oriented language with a Python-inspired syntax for the .NET CLR.

This release includes: bug fixes, match macro support for regular expressions with variable binding, and other changes.

Boo 0.8.2 has been released. Boo is a statically-typed, object-oriented language with a Python-inspired syntax for the .NET CLR.

This release includes: almost complete support for nullable types, shorthands for nullable types and enumerables, an 'else' block for 'for' and 'while' loops, generic method improvements, bug fixes, and other changes.

Boo 0.8.1 has been released. Boo is a statically-typed, object-oriented language with a Python-inspired syntax for the .NET CLR.

This release includes: support for nested functions, working generic method overloading, support for .NET CLR 3.5 extension methods, improved warnings, new error messages, support for exception filters and exception fault handlers, and other changes.

Boo 0.8 has been released. Boo is a statically-typed, object-oriented language with a Python-inspired syntax for the .NET CLR.

This release includes: improved meta-programming capabilities, performance improvements, and bug fixes.

Boo 0.7.9 has been released. Boo is a statically-typed, object-oriented language with a Python-inspired syntax for the .NET CLR.

This release includes: ObsoleteAttribute support, quasi-quotation and splice support, and bug fixes.

Boo 0.7.8 has been released. Boo is a statically-typed, object-oriented language with a Python-inspired syntax for the .NET CLR.

This release includes: dynamic dispatching performance improvements, a friendlier DSL syntax, bug fixes, and other changes.

Boo 0.7.7 has been released. Boo is a statically-typed, object-oriented language with a Python-inspired syntax for the .NET CLR.

This release includes: improved generics support, string handling optimizations, bug fixes and other changes.

Boo 0.7.6 has been released. Boo is a statically-typed, object-oriented language with a Python-inspired syntax for the .NET CLR.

This release includes: support for special characters at the start of variable names, plus a number of other changes and bugfixes.

Kartik Vaddadi has written an article entitled "A Comparison of Ruby and Boo". It compares the Boo and Ruby programming languages, focusing on topics such as: macros, reflection, metaprogramming, method calls, multimethods, encapsulation, threading, Unicode support, mixins, implementations, performance, and more.

Boo 0.7 has been released. Boo is a statically-typed, object-oriented language with a Python-inspired syntax for the .NET CLR.

This release adds support for by reference parameters, plus other improvements, changes and fixes.

Boo 0.6 has been released. Boo is a statically typed, object-oriented language with a Python-inspired syntax, targetting the .NET CLR.

This release includes support for methods with a variable number of arguments, implicit conversion between char and string, float literals, exponential notation for numbers, the explode operator, plus other improvements and a number of bugfixes.