# Ruby

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## [CGI class question](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cgi-class-question/85176)

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**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2005, 7:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cgi-class-question/85176 "2005-12-31T19:23:28Z")

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hi, when i execute the following … cgi.body{ cgi.h1{“huhu”} + cgi.p{“Wasn los ?”} + cgi.p{ Dir\["."\].each{ |f| "huhu " } } } … i never got any “huhu” but huhu \<P\> Wasn los ? \</P\> \<P\> index.r…

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## [\[ANN\] RForum 0.2](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-rforum-0-2/51460)

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**Author:** [@andreas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andreas)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2005, 7:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-rforum-0-2/51460 "2005-12-31T19:13:33Z")

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RForum is a forum software with mailing list connectivity based on the Rails web application framework. What’s new? This version features many improvements over the first release: Mailing list interface New styleshe…

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## [Another Newb asks questions](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/another-newb-asks-questions/51401)

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**Author:** [@joseph](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joseph)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2005, 4:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/another-newb-asks-questions/51401 "2005-12-31T16:30:22Z")

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Ok, recently started “trying” to learn this wonderful language, but am experiencing major problems with a section of code that I think “should” work… and my brain is so convinced that I did it correctly that I can’t s…

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## [Is the Ruby executable written in C?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-the-ruby-executable-written-in-c/55049)

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**Author:** [@spiz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/spiz)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2005, 2:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-the-ruby-executable-written-in-c/55049 "2005-12-31T14:37:01Z")

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Hi all, Is the Ruby executable written in C? Thanks SteveT Steve L. removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid

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## [Ruby group in Orlando Florida](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-group-in-orlando-florida/50308)

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**Author:** [@spiz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/spiz)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2005, 2:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-group-in-orlando-florida/50308 "2005-12-31T14:34:00Z")

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Hi all, Are there any Ruby U. Groups in Orlando Florida, or anywhere in Orange or Seminole County Florida? SteveT Steve L. removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid

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## [Nitro Screencast: Web 2.0, Flickr ignited](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nitro-screencast-web-2-0-flickr-ignited/51224)

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**Author:** [@gmichelson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gmichelson)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2005, 1:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nitro-screencast-web-2-0-flickr-ignited/51224 "2005-12-31T13:51:47Z")

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Dear devs, as the first two videos were well received, I decided to make on more: http://www.nitrohq.com/videos/nitro4.html This time some sophisticated Web2.0 features of the Nitro framework are demonstrated. The de…

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## [Apache and eruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apache-and-eruby/84832)

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**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2005, 12:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apache-and-eruby/84832 "2005-12-31T12:57:37Z")

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i’d like to use eruby with mod\_ruby i’ve installed bothe of them and add some config to Apache (see below) i’ve tested my config within folder /path/to/www/ruby with a cgi script named “test” , works ok and also with…

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## [Ruby Gtk docs](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-gtk-docs/80170)

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**Author:** [@horndude77](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/horndude77)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2005, 12:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-gtk-docs/80170 "2005-12-31T12:54:34Z")

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I’m working on learning a bit of Gtk. Using the documentation at http://ruby-gnome2.sourceforge.jp/ is becoming quite annoying. There is no overall class index and for each page there is no index of methods and fields…

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## [Making screenshots with Ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/making-screenshots-with-ruby/51116)

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**Author:** [@thomas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thomas)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2005, 12:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/making-screenshots-with-ruby/51116 "2005-12-31T12:48:31Z")

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Hello, Can anyone help me with this one? Been looking for information about it, but couldn’t find any… I want my program to make a screenshot of the screen (or better: a specific window), and it should be able to get…

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## [Rote - feedback request](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rote-feedback-request/51447)

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**Author:** [@ross\_b](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ross_b)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2005, 12:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rote-feedback-request/51447 "2005-12-31T12:42:25Z")

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Hi, Rote (http://rote.rubyforge.org/) is looking for brutally honest people who have looked at, or maybe even are using Rote, to give feedback about their experiences with Rote, the things they like/don’t like about i…

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## [Problem generating RSS feed with enclosures using FeedTools](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-generating-rss-feed-with-enclosures-using-feedtools/51446)

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**Author:** [@Alex\_Castro](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Alex_Castro)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2005, 12:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-generating-rss-feed-with-enclosures-using-feedtools/51446 "2005-12-31T12:39:23Z")

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I’m using the FeedTools library to generate an RSS feed with a media enclosure. Unfortunately, I can’t seem to figure out how to add the enclosure data. Here is the code: require ‘rubygems’ require\_gem ‘feedtools’ f…

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## [Ruby WinCE Translation?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-wince-translation/51444)

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**Author:** [@gregarican](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gregarican)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2005, 12:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-wince-translation/51444 "2005-12-31T12:30:19Z")

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If any Ruby enthusiasts out there can read Japanese could I please get a bit of assistance? There’s an error message I get when running scripts using a binary Ruby 1.8.1 install built for Pocket PC. The install was do…

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## [Very simple question](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/very-simple-question/51370)

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**Author:** [@tbcox23](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tbcox23)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2005, 12:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/very-simple-question/51370 "2005-12-31T12:30:19Z")

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Bewilderer, tired beginner, here. Executing this, in Arachno Ruby IDE - print 'process ’ + filenm + ’ (1) or all files of type ’ + filetyp + ': ’ pf = gets I get - nothing for my print statement - control just pas…

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## [Net/ssh question](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/net-ssh-question/84655)

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**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2005, 12:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/net-ssh-question/84655 "2005-12-31T12:24:14Z")

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Those are my very first steps in Ruby. I wrote a small ruby program which sends messages to client desktops in the same local network. Basically, I ssh to each machine and execute a call to zenity to bring up a GTK di…

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## [Stdlib ipaddr request for comment;-)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/stdlib-ipaddr-request-for-comment/51438)

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**Author:** [@mrwellmann](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mrwellmann)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2005, 12:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/stdlib-ipaddr-request-for-comment/51438 "2005-12-31T12:21:13Z")

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Hello, at the moment the lib behaves like following. ip = IPAddr.new(“192.168.2.43/24”) =\> #\<IPAddr: IPv4:192.168.2.0/255.255.255.0\> So so orgin information is lost IMHO this is a bad behavior. I discussed this mat…

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## [Path Separator and Windows](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/path-separator-and-windows/51339)

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**Author:** [@justinj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/justinj)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2005, 12:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/path-separator-and-windows/51339 "2005-12-31T12:18:12Z")

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Using ruby 1.8.2 on Windows XP, the path separator used for things like File.join is always / instead of . Is there a way to force ruby to use the correct path separator? Thanks, Justin

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## [KixForm, a (little) GUI for Ruby / win?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/kixform-a-little-gui-for-ruby-win/51441)

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**Author:** [@Do\_Re\_Mi\_chel\_La\_Si](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Do_Re_Mi_chel_La_Si)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2005, 12:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/kixform-a-little-gui-for-ruby-win/51441 "2005-12-31T12:12:06Z")

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Hi! I use Python, but, I read, from time to time, the news of the Ruby cousin. I had found (since only 2 hours) that KixForm can to do used by Python + PyWin32. But, that must adapt easily to Ruby. At the end of th…

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## [Problem with Ruby 1.8.4, C extensions, Solaris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-ruby-1-8-4-c-extensions-solaris/51238)

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**Author:** [@danielb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/danielb)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2005, 12:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-ruby-1-8-4-c-extensions-solaris/51238 "2005-12-31T12:12:05Z")

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Hi all, Solaris 10 Ruby 1.8.4 gcc 3.4.4 Sun’s make and ld Whenever I run ‘make install’ for any C extension built using mkmf, I get this error: sh: ./install-sh: not found The ‘INSTALL’ target in the Makefile is…

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## [Get mixin's name](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/get-mixins-name/51279)

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**Author:** [@Payton\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Payton_S)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2005, 12:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/get-mixins-name/51279 "2005-12-31T12:09:04Z")

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A somewhat weird situation. I have a module which I include in a class using Module#extend. That module defines an instance method which returns the name of the module that defined the method. Currently, I do that b…

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## [Readline tab completion -- the whole line?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/readline-tab-completion-the-whole-line/51439)

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**Author:** [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2005, 12:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/readline-tab-completion-the-whole-line/51439 "2005-12-31T12:09:02Z")

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Recently, a thread about tab completion showed me Readline.completion\_proc = Proc new {|prefix| … } and while that is an improvement for my little apps, I wonder whether the block can get more than the current word o…

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## [Beginners Question](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/beginners-question/51316)

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**Author:** [@jughead](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jughead)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2005, 12:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/beginners-question/51316 "2005-12-31T12:06:01Z")

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Hello Folks, I am trying to learn ruby, so i wrote some simple scripts. But the following script does not work as expected: #!/usr/bin/ruby while gets != nil print $\_ end if i call ‘echo.rb’ (without any parameter…

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## [Filling PDF Forms](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/filling-pdf-forms/49477)

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**Author:** [@Kevin\_OSSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kevin_OSSS)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2005, 12:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/filling-pdf-forms/49477 "2005-12-31T12:06:00Z")

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Are there any Ruby utilities out there for filling out PDF forms? I have PDF form that I would like to populate from a database.

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## [Rabbit 0.3.1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rabbit-0-3-1/84565)

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**Author:** [@Kouhei\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kouhei_S)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2005, 7:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rabbit-0-3-1/84565 "2005-12-31T07:41:13Z")

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Hi, I released Rabbit 0.3.1: http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/rabbit/ Screenshots: http://pub.cozmixng.org/~gallery/kou/screenshot/rabbit/ Changes from 0.3.0: add browse mode to theme manager http://pub.cozmixng…

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## [Phoenix Ruby Users Group January Meeting](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/phoenix-ruby-users-group-january-meeting/51428)

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**Author:** [@byrnejb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/byrnejb)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2005, 5:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/phoenix-ruby-users-group-january-meeting/51428 "2005-12-31T05:47:44Z")

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The 2006 kickoff meeting of the Phoenix Ruby U. Group will be on January 9th, at 6:15 pm, at Cyclone Commerce. Details may be found at aka http://rubyurl.com/AKZ December’s meeting was a blast, and I expect more o…

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## [Fwd: Sudoku](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fwd-sudoku/82891)

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**Author:** [@bbazzarrakk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bbazzarrakk)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [December 30, 2005, 10:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fwd-sudoku/82891 "2005-12-30T22:21:55Z")

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Begin forwarded message: From: NILSSON Christer removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid Date: December 30, 2005 4:09:59 AM CST To: James Edward G. II removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid Subject: Re: Ruby Q. Suggestion …

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## [Vs 2005](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/vs-2005/82665)

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**Author:** [@anonymouz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/anonymouz)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 30, 2005, 8:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/vs-2005/82665 "2005-12-30T20:17:32Z")

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Will Visual Studio 2005 work with Ruby, or does it not have plugins for the syntax?

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## [Diff of opinion on dynamic stuff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/diff-of-opinion-on-dynamic-stuff/50926)

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**Author:** [@millerdrew](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/millerdrew)\
**Replies:** 37\
**Last updated:** [December 30, 2005, 8:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/diff-of-opinion-on-dynamic-stuff/50926 "2005-12-30T20:08:31Z")

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Let me preface this post by saying that I’m no Ruby expert. I like it. It’s fun. But I won’t claim extensive knowledge on it. So when this guy blogs about a Python quality that he feel is better than a Ruby quality: …

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## [Ruby-Feed parser and relative URL references](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-feed-parser-and-relative-url-references/51391)

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**Author:** [@eduard](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eduard)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 30, 2005, 6:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-feed-parser-and-relative-url-references/51391 "2005-12-30T18:25:14Z")

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I am using Ruby-Feedparser and it works great, but when I try to parse a feed in which description contains relative URL references, I get an error: (REXML::ParseException) “#\<REXML::ParseException: Declarations can o…

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## [Nukumi2 0.5 released](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nukumi2-0-5-released/51382)

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**Author:** [@cneuhaus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cneuhaus)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 30, 2005, 3:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nukumi2-0-5-released/51382 "2005-12-30T15:23:40Z")

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Hello, This is the second release of Nukumi2 since exactly this day last year. Nukumi2.5 (or, for technical reasons, Nukumi2 0.5) is primarily a maintenance release fixing some small bugs; the biggest change is the …

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## [RRobots (#59)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rrobots-59/80650)

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**Author:** [@bbazzarrakk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bbazzarrakk)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 30, 2005, 2:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rrobots-59/80650 "2005-12-30T14:52:53Z")

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The tournament has been run, so let’s begin with the official results. You can find the complete statistics here: http://www.rubyquiz.com/rrobots/tournament.html Briefly though, here are the total wins: +-----------…

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