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JRuby 1.1.1 has been released. JRuby is a Ruby interpreter written in Java.

This release includes: interpreter method dispatch speed improvements, other performance improvements, reduced memory consumption, improved bigdecimal support, bug fixes, and other changes.

The April 21, 2008 edition of This Week in Ruby is now available. It summarises recent developments and discussion within the Ruby community.

Ruby 1.8.7-preview2 has been released. Ruby is a dynamic, cross-platform, object-oriented language.

Ruby 1.8.7-preview1 has been released. Ruby is a dynamic, cross-platform, object-oriented language.

This release includes: the new securerandom library, new methods and updates to the builtin classes, bug fixes, and other changes.

The April 14, 2008 edition of This Week in Ruby is now available. It summarises recent developments and discussion within the Ruby community.

Tulsa Ruby Workshop '08 has been announced. It will be held on April 26, 2008, in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

RubyJS 0.7.0 has been released. RubyJS compiles Ruby source code to JavaScript.

This is the first public release of RubyJS.

The April 7, 2008 edition of This Week in Ruby is now available. It is a summary of recent discussions and developments within the Ruby community.

JRuby 1.1 has been released. JRuby is a Ruby interpreter written in Java.

This release includes: performance improvements, support for the compilation of Ruby to Java bytecode, refactoring of the IO implementation, reduced memory consumption, compatibility fixes, and other changes.

It has been announced that a Ruby meeting will be held in Munich, Germany on April 9, 2008.

It has been announced that the next Phoenix Ruby User Group meeting will be held on April 14, 2008.

Lone Star Rubyconf 2008 has put out a call for papers. The conference will be held from September 4 to 6, 2008, in Austin, Texas.

It has been announced that the next Boston Ruby Group meetings will be held on April 8, 2008 and April 28, 2008.

JRuby 1.1RC3 has been released. JRuby is a Ruby interpreter written in Java.

This release candidates includes: a number of bug fixes, performance improvements, and other changes.

It has been announced that the next London Ruby Users Group meeting will be held on March 10, 2008.

It has been announced that the next Cape Town Ruby Brigade meeting will be held on March 12, 2008.

Ruby 1.8.6-p114 and 1.8.5-p115 have been released. Ruby is a dynamic, cross-platform, object-oriented language.

These releases includes a WEBrick security fix.

Ruby 1.9.0-1 has been released. Ruby is a dynamic, cross-platform, object-oriented language.

This release includes: more precise BigDecimal_to_f; the addition of Math.cbrt, Math.gamma, and Math.lgamma; improved UTF-8 and UTF-16 string support; bug fixes; and other changes.

JRuby 1.1RC2 has been released. JRuby is a Ruby interpreter written in Java.

This release includes: memory-related improvements for JIT'ed methods, an I/O refactoring, bug fixes, and other changes.

It has been announced that registration for Gotham Ruby Conference 2008 is now open.

It will be held on April 26, 2008, in New York City.