From: why the lucky stiff <ruby-talk@...>
Date: 2003-08-07T07:29:34+09:00
Subject: Re: What's New and Shiny in Ruby 1.8.0?

Ruby/DL is now covered.  Prototyping functions, casting into structs, and 
pointer math!  Everything you never wanted to do in Ruby but can! :)

Thanks for reading, Srijit.

_why


On Tuesday 05 August 2003 11:01 pm, srijit@yahoo.com wrote:
> Hi,
> Thanks for the detailed explanation.
> I am interested to know more about ext/dl (an interface to the dynamic
> linker) as mentioned in http://dev.faeriemud.org/changes-1.8.0.html.
>
> Regards,
> Srijit
>
> why the lucky stiff <ruby-talk@whytheluckystiff.net> wrote in message
> news:<20030805033123.GA73854@rysa.inetz.com>...
>
> > Since there were a number of requests around for a more detailed
> > explanation of 1.8.0 changes, I figured I'd start into my favorites and
> > cover as many as I can.
> >
> > My 1.8.0 summary is up at:
> >
> >   http://whytheluckystiff.net/articles/2003/08/04/rubyOneEightOh
> >
> > I'm about halfway done.  I'll post a link again when I feel like I'm
> > finished.
> >
> > _why