From: Dave@...
Date: 2003-05-14T02:30:40+09:00
Subject: Ruby Weekly News


   Ruby Weekly News: 05/12/2003

   A summary of activity on the ruby-talk mailing list, brought to you
   this week by Pat Eyler.

   ANNOUNCEMENTS
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   Syck 0.25 + YAML.rb -- Objects in plain-text
          Why has released a new version of Syck and YAML.rb.

   entryCache 1.0 released
          entryCache is a subclassed Hash that is limited by the number
          of entries it contains, It's very useful for caching
          information in memory. Several patterns of entry flushing are
          supported and may be specified during initialization

   INTERESTING THREADS
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   Symbiosis offer: trade Ruby for German :-)
          Mauricio Fernandez asked to trade his knowledge of Ruby for
          asistance in learning German by writing explanations (in
          German) of Rubyisms, and recieving corrections/assistance with
          his writing. Several others joined in on the thread.

   ruby-dev summary #20112 - 20158
          TAKAHASHI Masayoshi sent the latest translation/summary of the
          ruby-dev amiling list.

   petition for raa-install to be included in 1.8
          Phil Tomson asked that raa-install be considered for inclusion
          Ruby 1.8, and has put up a wiki based petition a'la YAML.

   SOAP in 1.8 standard library?
          MikkelFJ psoted a similar request for SOAP4R to be included.