Forum: IronRuby [ANN] IronRuby 1.0 RC2

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