# IronRuby

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## [Code Review: ActiveRecord fixes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-activerecord-fixes/183107)

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**Author:** [@Shri\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Shri_B)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-activerecord-fixes/183107 "2010-02-08T18:00:10Z")

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tfpt review “/shelveset:ar;REDMOND\\sborde” Comment : Fixed issue with extra 0s being appended to id. This was being caused by a bug in BigDecimal#to\_i Fixed issue in ironruby-dbi with Statement#fetch being called af…

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## [Iron Ruby Windows Service](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/iron-ruby-windows-service/180915)

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**Author:** [@writeameer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/writeameer)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2010, 12:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/iron-ruby-windows-service/180915 "2010-02-08T00:32:40Z")

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Hello there, I am trying to find some pointers on how I might create a Windows Service running on IronRuby. Any pointers would be appreciated. Thank you. Ameer D…

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## [Ruby Libraries ==\> IronRuby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-libraries-ironruby/180337)

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**Author:** [@ryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ryan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 7, 2010, 10:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-libraries-ironruby/180337 "2010-02-07T10:26:45Z")

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Tomas’s message below seems to reflect what I’ve been thinking lately. Does anyone else think that in many cases porting C libraries to Ruby or even reusing ports from the Rubinius project would be beneficial to getti…

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## [FYI: ir -S gem doesn't work on \*nix](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fyi-ir-s-gem-doesnt-work-on-nix/183041)

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**Author:** [@xjivan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/xjivan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 6, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fyi-ir-s-gem-doesnt-work-on-nix/183041 "2010-02-06T20:46:53Z")

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http://ironruby.codeplex.com/WorkItem/View.aspx?WorkItemId=3898 it looks in the current directory for the script Â» ir -S gem list unknown: Could not find file “/Users/ivan/Dropbox/CloudSlide/Presentations/fosdem/sam…

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## [Code Review: OverloadInfo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-overloadinfo/183009)

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**Author:** [@grujildo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/grujildo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2010, 11:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-overloadinfo/183009 "2010-02-05T23:39:50Z")

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tfpt review “/shelveset:OverloadInfo8;REDMOND\\tomat” Affects DLR, Python, Ruby. The OverloadResolver was performing quite a bit of reflection (mostly calling ParameterInfo.IsDefined) which turned out to consume about …

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## [Code Review: Equality](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-equality/182943)

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**Author:** [@grujildo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/grujildo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2010, 9:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-equality/182943 "2010-02-05T21:01:12Z")

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tfpt review “/shelveset:Equality;REDMOND\\tomat” Comment : Fixes comparisons of hashes, arrays and strings to behave according to http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/repositories/revision/2?rev=3442 Adds specs for this beha…

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## [Code Review: wix3installer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-wix3installer/182954)

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**Author:** [@raker\_t](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/raker_t)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2010, 7:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-wix3installer/182954 "2010-02-05T07:58:39Z")

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tfpt review “/shelveset:wix3installer;REDMOND\\jdeville” Comment : Upgrades the IronRuby installer creation to Wix3. Adds Wix3 files to External Refactor’s installer wxs’s to allow per-user installs lays the foundati…

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## [Hanselminutes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hanselminutes/182921)

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**Author:** [@Orion\_E](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Orion_E)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2010, 12:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hanselminutes/182921 "2010-02-05T00:11:35Z")

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Just listened to jimmy on hanselminutes (yeah I know it was a week or 2 ago, I’m catching up on podcasts) talking about IronRuby. Congrats on a job well done. Hopefully that will get some more people interested in IR…

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## [Reopen workitem 3688 and/or 3718](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/reopen-workitem-3688-and-or-3718/182906)

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**Author:** [@xjivan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/xjivan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2010, 4:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/reopen-workitem-3688-and-or-3718/182906 "2010-02-04T16:45:22Z")

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It might be the wrong one of the 2 but the end result is the same. I’m unable to build ironruby on mono I tried with rake and with xbuild on mono 2.6.1 (current release) and mono trunk. I’ve tried mono trunk on a li…

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## [A nicer syntax for generic extension methods](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-nicer-syntax-for-generic-extension-methods/182715)

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**Author:** [@ryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ryan)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2010, 9:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-nicer-syntax-for-generic-extension-methods/182715 "2010-02-03T21:39:49Z")

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I have been trying to figure out how to Rubify generic extension methods for use with the likes of Rx, Open XML SDK, etc. Ivan went over it a bit with me this weekend, but I’m still having difficulty including a modu…

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## [Looking for more information on rubifying C# classes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/looking-for-more-information-on-rubifying-c-classes/182486)

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**Author:** [@Adam\_Burmister](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Adam_Burmister)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2010, 9:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/looking-for-more-information-on-rubifying-c-classes/182486 "2010-02-01T21:40:32Z")

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Hello IronRubyists, I’m currently hunting around trying to find references on rubifying a C# class for something I’m writing. I have a few questions: Can you confirm this summary of the process to be correct (am I …

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## [Code Review: bindingandyamlfxcop](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-bindingandyamlfxcop/182700)

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**Author:** [@grujildo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/grujildo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2010, 9:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-bindingandyamlfxcop/182700 "2010-02-01T21:27:40Z")

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tfpt review “/shelveset:bindingandyamlfxcop;REDMOND\\tomat” Comment : Kernel#binding captures receiver and eval uses it as “self”. Adds FxCop configuration to yaml .csproj. Tomas

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## [IronRuby idiom for using (IDisposable)?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-idiom-for-using-idisposable/182668)

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**Author:** [@thbar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thbar)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2010, 8:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-idiom-for-using-idisposable/182668 "2010-02-01T20:44:56Z")

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Hello, Is there a built-in way to achieve what C# ‘using’ does, with IronRuby ? Although it’s pretty easy to roll your own ( My Other Pants » Disposable Code), I’d like to use the built-in way if there’s one. thanks…

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## [Differences between 1/ MRI and 2/ IronRuby+JRuby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/differences-between-1-mri-and-2-ironruby-jruby/182591)

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**Author:** [@thbar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thbar)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2010, 7:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/differences-between-1-mri-and-2-ironruby-jruby/182591 "2010-02-01T19:19:27Z")

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Hello, maybe someone can shed some light on that - the question is: is there a setting to make IronRuby works the same way MRI Ruby does by default for what I’m describing below ? I don’t think it’s a bug (but well ma…

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## [Did Something Changed Again in Spec](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/did-something-changed-again-in-spec/182254)

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**Author:** [@metanoize](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/metanoize)\
**Replies:** 54\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2010, 1:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/did-something-changed-again-in-spec/182254 "2010-02-01T13:05:18Z")

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I am trying to unit test my .NET CLR assembly using IronRuby spec framework. First, the following command does not work anymore igem install spec Now, I have to type the following: igem install rspec Anyway, when I …

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## [Code Review: bugfixrc2](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-bugfixrc2/182649)

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**Author:** [@raker\_t](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/raker_t)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2010, 11:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-bugfixrc2/182649 "2010-01-31T23:16:32Z")

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tfpt review “/shelveset:bugfixrc2;REDMOND\\jdeville” Comment : Closes: http://ironruby.codeplex.com/WorkItem/View.aspx?WorkItemId=2146 http://ironruby.codeplex.com/WorkItem/View.aspx?WorkItemId=2959 http://ironruby.…

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## [Code Review: rc2fixes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-rc2fixes/182620)

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**Author:** [@jsoho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jsoho)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2010, 7:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-rc2fixes/182620 "2010-01-31T07:23:48Z")

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tfpt review “/shelveset:rc2fixes;REDMOND\\jimmysch” Comment : Couple of easy fixes for IronRuby 1.0 RC2: “NoOf” does not mangle to “no\_of” http://ironruby.codeplex.com/WorkItem/View.aspx?WorkItemId=3562 exec cant ru…

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## [File.symlink](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-symlink/182604)

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**Author:** [@ryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ryan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2010, 11:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-symlink/182604 "2010-01-30T23:39:09Z")

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While working with Ivan on the amp project, I came across a windows error when trying to create symlinks using File.symlink. This is well-documentedhttp://www.ruby-doc.org/core/classes/File.html#M002533and has a few…

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## [Cannot require 'liquid' (workitem created)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cannot-require-liquid-workitem-created/182586)

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**Author:** [@thbar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thbar)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cannot-require-liquid-workitem-created/182586 "2010-01-30T19:09:58Z")

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Hi, I wanted to see if liquid (http://www.liquidmarkup.org =\> non evaling templating system) would work with IronRuby, but apparently it doesn’t. require ‘liquid’ is raising this: Expression of type ‘System.Boolean’ …

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## [Code Review: FixLiquid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-fixliquid/182596)

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**Author:** [@grujildo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/grujildo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2010, 6:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-fixliquid/182596 "2010-01-30T18:54:09Z")

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tfpt review “/shelveset:FixLiquid;REDMOND\\tomat” Fixes target object boxing in singleton method definition. Tomas

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## [Code Review: YY1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-yy1/182572)

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**Author:** [@grujildo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/grujildo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2010, 4:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-yy1/182572 "2010-01-30T04:00:00Z")

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tfpt review “/shelveset:YY1;REDMOND\\tomat” Comment : Fixes: http://ironruby.codeplex.com/WorkItem/View.aspx?WorkItemId=3306 http://ironruby.codeplex.com/WorkItem/View.aspx?WorkItemId=3307 http://ironruby.codeplex.c…

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## [Code Review: dash\_r](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-dash-r/182558)

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**Author:** [@Shri\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Shri_B)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2010, 9:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-dash-r/182558 "2010-01-29T21:47:13Z")

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tfpt review “/shelveset:dash\_r;REDMOND\\sborde” Comment : Config::CONFIG\[“libdir”\] was not normalized in non-dev environments. This was causing “igem install” to install bat files for the gems to a less than ideal lo…

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## ["igem install rake" raise an System.UnauthorizedAccessException (Windows 7)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/igem-install-rake-raise-an-system-unauthorizedaccessexception-windows-7/182220)

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**Author:** [@thbar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thbar)\
**Replies:** 33\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2010, 9:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/igem-install-rake-raise-an-system-unauthorizedaccessexception-windows-7/182220 "2010-01-29T09:58:55Z")

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Hello, doing my first real test on Windows 7 - I installed the latest IronRuby (using the MSI installer) and igem install rake issues the following error: ERROR: While executing gem … (SystemCallError) unknown scen…

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## [Code Review: Y2](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-y2/182502)

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**Author:** [@grujildo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/grujildo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2010, 2:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-y2/182502 "2010-01-29T02:06:34Z")

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tfpt review “/shelveset:Y2;REDMOND\\tomat” Comment : Fixes http://ironruby.codeplex.com/WorkItem/View.aspx?WorkItemId=3307 and related issues. Improves YAML error reporting. Tomas

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## [Updated Rails instructions](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/updated-rails-instructions/181637)

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**Author:** [@jsoho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jsoho)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2010, 1:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/updated-rails-instructions/181637 "2010-01-29T01:31:27Z")

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All, IronRuby.net / has been updated to show instructions for running Rails 2.3.5 on IronRuby, including using the official activerecord-sqlserver-adapter (v2.3). Thanks to Ivan for his work on ironruby-dbi! The ste…

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## [Code Review: Symbols and YAML](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-symbols-and-yaml/182420)

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**Author:** [@grujildo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/grujildo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2010, 12:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-symbols-and-yaml/182420 "2010-01-28T12:42:52Z")

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tfpt review /shelveset:RSym14;tomat DLR: Adds ExpressionCollectionBuilder as a specialization of ExpressionCollectionBuilder. Ruby: Replaces SymbolId usage by RubySymbol class. Ruby symbols are possibly encoded int…

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## [Code Review: Basename](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-basename/182434)

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**Author:** [@grujildo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/grujildo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2010, 3:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-basename/182434 "2010-01-28T03:53:13Z")

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tfpt review “/shelveset:Basename;REDMOND\\tomat” File.basename fix Tomas

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## [Why IronRuby?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-ironruby/182329)

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**Author:** [@metanoize](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/metanoize)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2010, 1:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-ironruby/182329 "2010-01-28T01:16:58Z")

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Hi, I was thinking about why to use IronRuby and one of the things that came to my mind is because of better gems like spec, cucumber etc. Mostly my use of IronRuby is around unit testing .NET CLR frameworks. But then …

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## [Re: Mocking behavior between clr types](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-mocking-behavior-between-clr-types/182191)

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**Author:** [@andrew\_Wilson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andrew_Wilson)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2010, 11:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-mocking-behavior-between-clr-types/182191 "2010-01-27T23:56:12Z")

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Ivan, Seems like a what I was looking for, however according to the documentation it says it can only mock virtuals and non-static though. I don’t want that restriction :frowning: One of the advantages I was hoping …

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## [Contributing to IronRuby on \*nix](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/contributing-to-ironruby-on-nix/182340)

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**Author:** [@CSKSPonnappa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/CSKSPonnappa)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2010, 9:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/contributing-to-ironruby-on-nix/182340 "2010-01-27T09:53:08Z")

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Hello everyone, Recently I’ve been trying develop a gem with native extensions in C, Java and C# just to learn what’s involved. When working with IronRuby, I ran into a few small issues so I figured I’d learn how to b…

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