From: music <music@...>
Date: 2007-04-24T16:45:05+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] JRuby 0.9.9 Released

Thomas Enebo wrote:
> The JRuby community is pleased to announce the release of JRuby 0.9.9.
> 
> Homepage: http://www.jruby.org/
> Download: http://dist.codehaus.org/jruby/
> 
> This release has largely been a stabilization release where we have spent
> more focus on Ruby compatibility. We are gearing up for a 1.0 release. Here
> are some of the more significant acheivements for 0.9.9:
> 
> - Major compatibility and performance overhaul of String, Array, Hash
> - Many YAML and Marshalling issues have been fixed
> - Java Integration overhaul fixing many outstanding issues
> - 180 Jira issues resolved
> - Several more bottlenecks removed
> - Rails applications like Mephisto and plugins like Goldberg are running
> without hitches
> - Performance has improved by 40% over 0.9.8 based on YARV benchmarks
> 
> With all the hard work done by Marcin Mielz.yn'ski and Bill Dortch we 
> are adding
> them as core committers. Their contributions have made a huge difference in
> our progress as of late.
> 
> We also want to thank all people who hang out on IRC, triage/report/patch
> issues, and communicate on our mailing lists. Their interest has really
> helped shape JRuby into a better implementation.
> 
> Please take JRuby 0.9.9 for a spin and help us root out the last issues
> before our 1.0 release!
> 
> -Tom
> 

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