PLNews: Programming Language News

JRuby 1.3.1 has been released. JRuby is a Ruby implementation written in Java.

This release includes bug fixes.

Ruby 1.8.7-p160 has been released. Ruby is a dynamic, cross-platform, object-oriented language.

It has been announced that the next meeting of the Phoenix Ruby User Group will be held on April 13, 2009.

JRuby 1.2.0 has been released. JRuby is a Ruby interpreter written in Java.

This release includes: improved Ruby 1.9 support, more aggressive optimizations, a compiler and runtime cleanup and performance audit, faster parsing, bug fixes, and other changes.

JRuby 1.2.0RC2 has been released. JRuby is a Ruby interpreter written in Java.

This release includes: improved Ruby 1.9 support, optimization improvements, faster parsing, bug fixes, and other changes.

The RubyNation 2009 has put out a call for speakers. "RubyNation is an annual Ruby conference serving the Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, DC areas."

Submissions are due by March 21, 2009. The conference will be held on June 12 and 13, 2009, in Reston, VA, USA.

It has been announced that the next Boston Ruby Group meeting will be held on March 10, 2009.

JRuby 1.2.0RC1 has been released. JRuby is a Ruby interpreter written in Java.

This release includes: performance improvements, improved Ruby 1.9 support, faster parsing, bug fixes, and other changes.

It has been announced that the next meeting of the Boston Ruby Group will be held on February 10, 2009.

Ruby 1.9.1 has been released. Ruby is a dynamic, cross-platform, object-oriented language.

This release includes: updates and improvements to the builtin classes and objects, magic comments for declaring the source code encoding, a new syntax for lambdas, a new literal hash syntax, support for block local variables, support for mandatory arguments after optional arguments, support for overloading negative operators, new and updated bundled libraries, and other changes.

Ruby 1.9.1 Release Candidate 2 has been released. Ruby is a dynamic, cross-platform, object-oriented language.

This release includes: 29 bug fixes, and the addition of some character encoding converters.

It has been announced that registration is now open for MountainWest RubyConf 2009.

The conference will be held on March 13 and 14, 2009, in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

Ruby 1.9.1 RC1 has been released. Ruby is a dynamic, cross-platform, object-oriented language.

This release candidate includes bug fixes and other changes.

It has been announced that the next Phoenix Ruby User Group meeting will be held on January 12, 2009.

JRuby 1.1.6 has been released. JRuby is a Ruby interpreter written in Java.

This release includes: improved Ruby 1.9 support, faster Array.sort, memory leak fixes, bug fixes, and other changes.

The Ruby and Rails Devroom at FOSDEM 2009, organized by the Belgian Ruby User Group, has put out a call for papers.

The abstract submission deadline is January 5, 2009. The devroom will be held on February 7, 2009, in Brussels, Belgium.

It has been announced that the next Boston Ruby Group meeting will be held on December 9, 2008.

JRuby 1.1.6RC1 has been released. JRuby is a Ruby interpreter written in Java.

This release includes: improved Ruby 1.9 support, faster Array.sort, bug fixes, and other changes.

Ruby 1.9.1 Preview 2 has been released. Ruby is a dynamic, cross-platform, object-oriented language.

This release includes: support for 21 new character encodings, better handling of system stack overflows, faster process termination, support for long-style options in RUBYOPT, bug fixes, and other changes.

The Fukuoka Ruby Award has been announced. It is "conducted with the dual aims of promotion of software industry and prevalence of Ruby in the world."

Applications are due on December 26, 2008. The winner will receive 1 million yen.

Parrot 0.8.1 has been released. Parrot is a virtual machine designed to efficiently execute dynamic languages.

This release includes: the removal of the pseudo PIR opcode 'addr', the addition of the 'box' opcode, the use of .tailcall instead of .return for tailcalls, improved debugging support, the JIT compilation of NCI signatures on x86-32, updates to the Perl 6 and Ruby language implementations, documentation updates, improvements to the OpenGL bindings, bug fixes, and other changes.

It has been announced that the next Hartford Ruby Brigade meeting will be held on November 24, 2008.

MountainWest RubyConf 2009 has put out a call for proposals. The proposal submission deadline is December 31, 2008, with the conference being held on March 13 and 14, 2009, in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

JRuby 1.1.5 has been released. JRuby is a Ruby interpreter written in Java.

This release includes: per-class method caching, constant cache support, reduced memory usage, Java integration fixes, updated FFI support, improved Ruby 1.9 mode support, bug fixes, and other changes.

Ruby 1.9.1 preview1 has been released. Ruby is a dynamic, cross-platform, object-oriented language.