The IronRuby team is pleased to announce version 1.0 RC2! http://ironruby.net/download Direct download link: http://ironruby.codeplex.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=36931#DownloadId=105584 This release is also accompanied by a preview release compatible with .NET 4.0 RC: http://ironruby.codeplex.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=40175 As IronRuby approaches the final 1.0, these RCs will contain crucial bug fixes and enhancements that IronRuby requires to be a fast and compatible 1.0. Now that IronRuby is in the release-candidate stage, your feedback is even more important. Please use these new binaries as much as you can and report any issues you find here: http://ironruby.codeplex.com/WorkItem/Create.aspx. Note: The actual version of the assemblies is "0.9.4.0"; they will be updated to "1.0.0.0" when the last anticipated RC of IronRuby 1.0 is released. == Contributors casualjim, eoinomeara, ghouston, jimmysch, jredville, jwthornpson2, KAZUu, kralor, niclasnilsson, nikosd, rifraf, sborde, thbar, TomasMatousek, turp, vaderpi, vertiginous, xport Thank you all, and everyone else who contributed to previous releases! == Highlighted changes in RC2 - Fix how ir.exe -e treats arguments - "-S" command-line argument: load file from path (eg. ir -S irb) - Implements BEGIN and END blocks. - support open("|shell_command") for autospec - reduces the number of methods jitted during startup time of irb from 481 to 80, which translates to 34% time reduction. - enable debugging IronRuby when running in Silverlight - Fixes issues reported by mcs. - Adaptive loop compilation - super with implicit arguments in eval - Sets RUBY_PLATFORM according to Environment.OSVersion.Platform For more detailed list of changes and bugfixes please see the CHANGELOG: http://rubyforge.org/frs/shownotes.php?release_id=42661 Enjoy! ~ Jimmy ... and the IronRuby team