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Excelsior JET 6.0 has been released. Excelsior JET is a certified Java SE 6 ahead-of-time compiler system.

This release includes: support for Java SE 6, support for Windows Vista and RHEL 5, application performance improvements, and other changes.

IKVM 0.36 has been released. IKVM is a Java implementation running on Mono and the .NET Framework.

IKVM 0.36 Release Candidate 6 has been released. IKVM is a Java implementation running on Mono and the .NET Framework.

This release includes: custom assembly class loaders, bug fixes, and other changes.

SuperWaba 5.84 has been released. It is a Java virtual machine for handheld devices.

This release includes: an update of the Symbian S60v3 license, and bug fixes.

JRuby 1.1b1 has been released. JRuby is a Ruby interpreter written in Java.

This release includes: improved Ruby 1.8 compatibility, reduced memory usage, complete support for ahead-of-time and just-in-time compilation, and other changes.

JRuby 1.0.2 has been released. JRuby is a Ruby interpreter written in Java.

This release includes: improved file IO performance, a reduced memory footprint, support for Rails 1.2.5, network compatibility fixes, bug fixes, and other changes.

JamVM 1.5.0 has been released. JamVM is a small, multi-platform Java virtual machine.

This release includes: interpreter support for inline-threading, a port to ARM systems, garbage collector improvements, bug fixes, and other changes.

JRuby 1.0.1 has been released. JRuby is a Ruby interpreter written in Java.

This release includes a number of bug fixes.

JRuby 1.0 has been released. JRuby is a Ruby interpreter written in Java.

JRuby 1.0.0RC3 has been released. JRuby is a Ruby interpreter written in Java.

This release candidate includes bug fixes.

JRuby 0.9.9 has been released. JRuby is a Ruby interpreter written in Java.

This release includes: a compatibility and performance overhaul of several classes, YAML and marshalling fixes, improved Java integration, performance improvements, and other changes.

JRuby 0.9.8 has been released. JRuby is a Ruby 1.8.4-compatible implementation written in Java.

This release includes: support for Ruby classes that extend Java classes and override methods, a new Java primitive array syntax, speed improvements, Ruby on Rails support, plus other changes.

JRuby 0.9.2 has been released. JRuby is a Ruby 1.8.4-compatible implementation written in Java.

This release includes: working openssl and readline extensions, improved Ruby on Rails support, partial iconv and bigdecimal extensions, increased parser performance, a refactoring of the variable scoping logic, plus other changes and bug fixes.

JRuby 0.9.1 has been released. JRuby is a Ruby implementation written in Java.

This release includes: performance improvements, new syntax for including Java classes into Ruby, a new interpreter design, plus other changes and bugfixes.

JRuby 0.9.0 has been released. JRuby is a Ruby interpreter written in Java.

This release includes: the bundling of all non-native standard libraries, an improved YAML parser, bugfixes, and other changes.

JRuby 0.8.3 has been released. JRuby is a Ruby implementation written in Java.

This release includes: faster loading of Java classes, fixes for all known constant scoping issues, support for the adornment of Java classes with Ruby methods, plus other changes and fixes.

The JavaZone 2006 Conference has put out a call for papers.

The conference will be held in Oslo, Norway, from September 12 to September 14, 2006. Papers are due by April 14, 2006.

Charles Oliver Nutter has announced that he and Tom Enebo will be presenting a technical session focusing on JRuby at the 2006 JavaOne Conference. JRuby is a Ruby interpreter written in Java.

The full abstract submitted to the conference is available.

A call for papers has been put out for the 2006 JavaOne Conference. The conference itself will be held from May 15 to May 18, 2006, in San Francisco, California.

A call for ideas has also been put out, requesting input from the Java community as to what could be done to make the conference more interesting.

JRuby 0.8.2 has been released. It is a Ruby implementation written in Java.

This release includes various fixes, more working Ruby modules, plus other improvements.