# Ruby

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## [Code Review: FileTest](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-filetest/170994)

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**Author:** [@grujildo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/grujildo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2009, 1:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-filetest/170994 "2009-06-25T01:39:31Z")

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tfpt review “/shelveset:FileTest;REDMOND\\tomat” Implements FileTest module. Tomas

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## [Review: fixes for Array#rindex and Array#reverse\_each](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/review-fixes-for-array-rindex-and-array-reverse-each/166327)

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**Author:** [@murena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/murena)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2009, 1:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/review-fixes-for-array-rindex-and-array-reverse-each/166327 "2009-06-25T01:30:10Z")

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## [Hoe-seattlerb 1.2.0 Released](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hoe-seattlerb-1-2-0-released/170991)

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**Author:** [@aguynamedryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aguynamedryan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2009, 11:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hoe-seattlerb-1-2-0-released/170991 "2009-06-24T23:42:29Z")

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hoe-seattlerb version 1.2.0 has been released! http://seattlerb.rubyforge.org/hoe-seattlerb Hoe plugins providing tasks used by seattle.rb including minitest, perforce, and email providing full front-to-back release/…

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## [Three hundred!](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/three-hundred/170926)

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**Author:** [@aguynamedryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aguynamedryan)\
**Replies:** 45\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2009, 11:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/three-hundred/170926 "2009-06-24T23:40:22Z")

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I just finished my release flood and we cracked release #300! We’re now up to 321 (we started at 297)! Buy stuff off my amazon wishlist or I’ll keep releasing until all your mailboxes fill up! :stuck\_out\_tongue:

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## [Code Review: HashIdPerf](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-hashidperf/170990)

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**Author:** [@grujildo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/grujildo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2009, 11:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-hashidperf/170990 "2009-06-24T23:38:22Z")

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tfpt review “/shelveset:HashIdPerf;REDMOND\\tomat” Fixes hash code implementation for Range and Struct. Fixes Kernel#object\_id for large Fixnums. Misc perf improvements in strings and arrays. Tomas

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## [Hoe 2.3.1 Released](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hoe-2-3-1-released/170989)

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**Author:** [@aguynamedryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aguynamedryan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2009, 11:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hoe-2-3-1-released/170989 "2009-06-24T23:36:02Z")

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hoe version 2.3.1 has been released! http://rubyforge.org/projects/seattlerb/ http://seattlerb.rubyforge.org/hoe/ removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid Hoe is a rake/rubygems helper for project Rakefiles. It helps gene…

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## [Maintenance Release of Verify - 0.3.1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/maintenance-release-of-verify-0-3-1/170984)

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**Author:** [@flatekmonkey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/flatekmonkey)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2009, 11:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/maintenance-release-of-verify-0-3-1/170984 "2009-06-24T23:17:51Z")

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No I did not do this on purpose :wink: http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group\_id=3824 or gem install verify or gem update verify v 0.3.1 2009-06-24 Verify Heavy refactoring, the code sucks much less now. Trying to get …

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## [Freezing gems that contain jars](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/freezing-gems-that-contain-jars/170934)

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**Author:** [@chiefgeek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chiefgeek)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2009, 9:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/freezing-gems-that-contain-jars/170934 "2009-06-24T21:10:32Z")

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I was trying to unpack gems into my rails project and I noticed gems that contain jars like “hpriocot” and “jrubyopenssl” weren’t unpacking into “vendor/gems”. Is there some limitation on this or am I just doing some…

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## [But wait! There's more! Just 3 easy payments of eleventy dollars! pew pew pew!](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/but-wait-theres-more-just-3-easy-payments-of-eleventy-dollars-pew-pew-pew/170913)

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**Author:** [@aguynamedryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aguynamedryan)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2009, 8:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/but-wait-theres-more-just-3-easy-payments-of-eleventy-dollars-pew-pew-pew/170913 "2009-06-24T20:50:32Z")

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dinner break is over… back to the “grind”!

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## [Alternative to prawn.format](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/alternative-to-prawn-format/170978)

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**Author:** [@twittwit](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/twittwit)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/alternative-to-prawn-format/170978 "2009-06-24T20:18:17Z")

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hi all, may i know what is a good alternative to prawn.format since i need the paragraph, div and table support. cheers bryan

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## [How to close socket with eventmachine?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-close-socket-with-eventmachine/170927)

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**Author:** [@di3go](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/di3go)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2009, 6:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-close-socket-with-eventmachine/170927 "2009-06-24T18:46:30Z")

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How can i close a socket with eventmachine? If i use close\_connection, the socket remains running and if i use stop\_event\_loop the entire program exite.

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## [Jruby-rack issues and doubts](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jruby-rack-issues-and-doubts/170963)

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**Author:** [@crucoba](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/crucoba)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2009, 6:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jruby-rack-issues-and-doubts/170963 "2009-06-24T18:43:43Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to configure a jruby on rails app on tomcat and jruby-rack and I found an issue that I don’t understand. The problem is that I have two more filters defined into my web.xml and I want that RackFilter …

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## [Gem libray name conflict problem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-libray-name-conflict-problem/170932)

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**Author:** [@phasis](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/phasis)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2009, 3:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-libray-name-conflict-problem/170932 "2009-06-24T15:01:15Z")

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Hi all, When I saw “require ‘inline’” in a ruby file, I thought the gem is ‘inline’. So I runned “gem install inline” and it installed. But the ruby file failed to run. After some inspection, I runned “gem install Ru…

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## [Sipper 2.0.0 Released](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sipper-2-0-0-released/170922)

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**Author:** [@Nasir\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Nasir_K)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2009, 12:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sipper-2-0-0-released/170922 "2009-06-24T12:49:08Z")

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Project : http://http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group\_id=7001 Homepage : http://sipper.agnity.com June 23, 2009 Overview The downloads are available from Rubyforge Sipper project website for 2.0. The downlaods are in th…

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## [Jruby-complete.jar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jruby-complete-jar/170954)

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**Author:** [@jahu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jahu)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2009, 12:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jruby-complete-jar/170954 "2009-06-24T12:36:49Z")

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Hi all, I am new to jruby and immediately stumbled over some problems when using jruby-complete.jar. In my programme I make use of DRb, which does not seem to work with jruby-complete. When I call a method on a remot…

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## [Jruby-complete.jar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jruby-complete-jar/170952)

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**Author:** [@jahu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jahu)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2009, 12:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jruby-complete-jar/170952 "2009-06-24T12:26:50Z")

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Hi all, sorry guys, wrong list (-: Jan

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## [Smtp\_tls 1.0 Released](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/smtp-tls-1-0-released/170949)

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**Author:** [@miracleofmagick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/miracleofmagick)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2009, 11:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/smtp-tls-1-0-released/170949 "2009-06-24T11:48:06Z")

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smtp\_tls version 1.0 has been released! http://seattlerb.rubyforge.org/smtp\_tls Provides SMTP STARTTLS support for Ruby 1.8.6 (built-in for 1.8.7+). Simply require ‘smtp\_tls’ and use the Net::SMTP#enable\_starttls me…

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## [How to connect to SpatiaLite, a spatial enabled sqlite3 db?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-connect-to-spatialite-a-spatial-enabled-sqlite3-db/170939)

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**Author:** [@janmartin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/janmartin)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2009, 11:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-connect-to-spatialite-a-spatial-enabled-sqlite3-db/170939 "2009-06-24T11:16:38Z")

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Hi all, I am a beginner making a decision on what programing language I spent more time to learn it. In principle I really really like ruby. However for a GIS project of mine I like to use spatialite, a sqlite datab…

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## [Ruby 1.9.1, HTTP and Encodings](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-1-http-and-encodings/170940)

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**Author:** [@spreadsheet](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/spreadsheet)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2009, 9:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-1-http-and-encodings/170940 "2009-06-24T09:58:59Z")

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Hi All I’m running into a “Encoding::CompatibilityError: incompatible character encodings: UTF-8 and ASCII-8BIT” when using Selenium to run my functional tests, specifically when calling assert\_equal to compare the e…

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## [Smtp - from field shows up blank in client](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/smtp-from-field-shows-up-blank-in-client/129350)

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**Author:** [@Max\_Payne](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Max_Payne)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2009, 9:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/smtp-from-field-shows-up-blank-in-client/129350 "2009-06-24T09:28:40Z")

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Hello, I’m using the following code which is working fine except the from address comes up blank. smtp = Net::SMTP.start(‘smtp.mydomain.com’, 587, ‘mydomain.com’, ‘removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid’, ‘password’, :…

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## [Formatting a listing](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/formatting-a-listing/170281)

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**Author:** [@georgeuoa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/georgeuoa)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2009, 7:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/formatting-a-listing/170281 "2009-06-24T07:43:20Z")

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i have a listing which looks like this 1 2 3 3 4 5 20 3 5 5 i would like a quick way to format that output such that i end up with 3 columns like the following. 1,2,20 2,4,3 3,5,5 5 any ideas? thanks

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## [Image\_science 1.2.0 Released](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/image-science-1-2-0-released/170920)

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**Author:** [@aguynamedryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aguynamedryan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2009, 7:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/image-science-1-2-0-released/170920 "2009-06-24T07:31:18Z")

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image\_science version 1.2.0 has been released! http://seattlerb.rubyforge.org/ImageScience.html http://rubyforge.org/projects/seattlerb ImageScience is a clean and happy Ruby library that generates thumbnails – and k…

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## [Zenweb 2.18.1 Released](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/zenweb-2-18-1-released/170933)

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**Author:** [@aguynamedryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aguynamedryan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2009, 6:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/zenweb-2-18-1-released/170933 "2009-06-24T06:48:00Z")

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zenweb version 2.18.1 has been released! http://rubyforge.org/projects/zenweb/ ZenWeb is a set of classes/tools for organizing and formating a website. It is website oriented rather than webpage oriented, unlike mos…

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## [Zenweb 2.18.0 Released](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/zenweb-2-18-0-released/170930)

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**Author:** [@aguynamedryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aguynamedryan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2009, 6:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/zenweb-2-18-0-released/170930 "2009-06-24T06:29:18Z")

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zenweb version 2.18.0 has been released! http://rubyforge.org/projects/zenweb/ ZenWeb is a set of classes/tools for organizing and formating a website. It is website oriented rather than webpage oriented, unlike mos…

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## [Production\_log\_analyzer 1.5.1 Released](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/production-log-analyzer-1-5-1-released/170928)

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**Author:** [@miracleofmagick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/miracleofmagick)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2009, 5:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/production-log-analyzer-1-5-1-released/170928 "2009-06-24T05:35:33Z")

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production\_log\_analyzer version 1.5.1 has been released! http://seattlerb.rubyforge.org/production\_log\_analyzer http://rubyforge.org/projects/seattlerb production\_log\_analyzer lets you find out which actions on a Rail…

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## [ZenTest 4.1.3 Released](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/zentest-4-1-3-released/170925)

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**Author:** [@aguynamedryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aguynamedryan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2009, 5:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/zentest-4-1-3-released/170925 "2009-06-24T05:15:41Z")

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ZenTest version 4.1.3 has been released! http://www.zenspider.com/ZSS/Products/ZenTest/ http://rubyforge.org/projects/zentest/ removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid ZenTest provides 4 different tools: zentest, unit\_dif…

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## [Change\_class 1.0.1 Released](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/change-class-1-0-1-released/170923)

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**Author:** [@aguynamedryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aguynamedryan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2009, 5:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/change-class-1-0-1-released/170923 "2009-06-24T05:02:15Z")

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change\_class version 1.0.1 has been released! http://rubyforge.org/projects/seattlerb Lets you set the class of an object. Use at your own risk. Changes: 1.0.1 / 2009-06-23 2 minor enhancements: Updated rakefil…

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## [Un 1.0.1 Released](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/un-1-0-1-released/170921)

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**Author:** [@aguynamedryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aguynamedryan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2009, 5:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/un-1-0-1-released/170921 "2009-06-24T05:00:30Z")

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un version 1.0.1 has been released! http://rubyforge.org/projects/seattlerb un provides unextend and uninclude to allow for a better prototype-oriented programming experience. Changes: 1.0.1 / 2009-06-23 2 minor…

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## [Png 1.2.0 Released](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/png-1-2-0-released/170919)

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**Author:** [@aguynamedryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aguynamedryan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2009, 4:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/png-1-2-0-released/170919 "2009-06-24T04:54:04Z")

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png version 1.2.0 has been released! http://seattlerb.rubyforge.org/ PNG is an almost-pure-ruby PNG library. It lets you write a PNG without any C libraries. Changes: 1.2.0 / 2009-06-23 26 minor enhancements: A…

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## [Wilson 1.1.1 Released](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wilson-1-1-1-released/170917)

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**Author:** [@aguynamedryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aguynamedryan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2009, 4:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wilson-1-1-1-released/170917 "2009-06-24T04:45:18Z")

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wilson version 1.1.1 has been released! http://rubyforge.org/projects/seattlerb Wilson is a pure ruby x86 assembler. No, really. Worst Idea Evar. Why “wilson”? I wanted to name it “metal”, but there is an existing p…

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