# IronRuby

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## [RSpec anyone?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rspec-anyone/198602)

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**Author:** [@okkezSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/okkezSS)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 5, 2010, 7:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rspec-anyone/198602 "2010-11-05T19:48:16Z")

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Has anyone got RSpec running under IronRuby? I tried to run the RSpec test suite with IronRuby several months ago and was met with a few issues with dependent libs (FakeFS, if I recall correctly). Both projects have a…

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## [Cleaning up of the Source Tree - Removal of Redundant files](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cleaning-up-of-the-source-tree-removal-of-redundant-files/198648)

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**Author:** [@okkezSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/okkezSS)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 5, 2010, 10:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cleaning-up-of-the-source-tree-removal-of-redundant-files/198648 "2010-11-05T10:35:24Z")

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As ive already mentioned there are currently (within Runtime at least) a large number of .cs files that are not included in any csproj files. These files seem to implement classes that already exist within System. d…

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## [Very Very initial CMake support](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/very-very-initial-cmake-support/198550)

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**Author:** [@okkezSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/okkezSS)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2010, 6:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/very-very-initial-cmake-support/198550 "2010-11-04T18:13:13Z")

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I have started playing around with cmake to see whether it could help out iron\* and dlr. I have therefore started implementing CMake makefiles to build the dlr (Runtime) part of ironruby, install those dlls into the…

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## [Gestalt and IronRuby in the browser](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gestalt-and-ironruby-in-the-browser/198094)

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**Author:** [@Dobai-Pataky\_BSSSSl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dobai-Pataky_BSSSSl)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 2, 2010, 4:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gestalt-and-ironruby-in-the-browser/198094 "2010-11-02T16:00:20Z")

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Hi, I’m wondering how Gestalt (http://gestalt.codeplex.com/) fits into the transition of IronRuby from Microsoft to the community. Gestalt is the piece of technology that makes it easy to use IronRuby and IronPython …

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## [Contributions](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/contributions/197956)

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**Author:** [@Dobai-Pataky\_BSSSSl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dobai-Pataky_BSSSSl)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2010, 8:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/contributions/197956 "2010-10-28T08:12:37Z")

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Hi there I would love to contribute to this open source project. Ive been learning Ruby for the last year, and Ive fallen in love with the language. Its not in my way, its fun and productive. Ive been a .NET develo…

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## [Issue Running igem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/issue-running-igem/198164)

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**Author:** [@okkezSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/okkezSS)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2010, 3:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/issue-running-igem/198164 "2010-10-28T03:51:41Z")

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Hey guys, I’ve been having a difficult time getting my IronRuny 1.1.1 working properly. ir.exe now seems to be working, but igem is giving me a “unknown: no such file to load – gem\_prelude.rb (LoadError)” when I run…

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## [Interop with .Net - how do you like it?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/interop-with-net-how-do-you-like-it/198177)

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**Author:** [@okkezSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/okkezSS)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2010, 4:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/interop-with-net-how-do-you-like-it/198177 "2010-10-27T16:59:17Z")

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Hi guys, glad to see more activity here! I’m definitely happy with the announce about the new leadership. I’d really love to get more feedback about people who used IronRuby more specifically for interop calls (eg: r…

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## [Compiling on Mono?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/compiling-on-mono/198011)

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**Author:** [@Dobai-Pataky\_BSSSSl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dobai-Pataky_BSSSSl)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2010, 2:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/compiling-on-mono/198011 "2010-10-27T02:56:34Z")

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Hello, I know there is a special outdated branch provided by casualjim which lets you compile ironruby on mono/linux, but what about the current version? Can I compile it with mono? I tried using the 2.8 release of …

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## [Contributing?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/contributing/197941)

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**Author:** [@Dobai-Pataky\_BSSSSl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dobai-Pataky_BSSSSl)\
**Replies:** 40\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2010, 11:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/contributing/197941 "2010-10-25T23:19:34Z")

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With a brave new world ahead for IronRuby, what do you all think about the following ideas? Move to GitHub - I won’t likely contribute if I have to use CodePlex. And I’d like to contribute. Can we do like the rest…

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## [Mono rubygems and ironruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mono-rubygems-and-ironruby/198030)

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**Author:** [@Dobai-Pataky\_BSSSSl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dobai-Pataky_BSSSSl)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2010, 11:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mono-rubygems-and-ironruby/198030 "2010-10-25T11:31:23Z")

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Hello, After unzipping ironruby-1.1.1 into /opt/ironruby-1.1.1 I tried to run rubygems with mono ir.exe, but I failed. I tried to adjust some path variables, but it still didn’t work, rubygems kept complaining about a …

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## [IronRuby 1.1.1 under Mono (on Linux)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-1-1-1-under-mono-on-linux/197990)

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**Author:** [@Dobai-Pataky\_BSSSSl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dobai-Pataky_BSSSSl)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2010, 8:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-1-1-1-under-mono-on-linux/197990 "2010-10-24T08:57:21Z")

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Running into some issues, curious if anyone else has seen these. Note, I see the same behavior if I build from Trunk or download the binaries from Codeplex. Mono JIT compiler version 2.8.1 (master/e8a3aab Fri Oct 22 2…

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## [Re: Contributions](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-contributions/197977)

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**Author:** [@Dobai-Pataky\_BSSSSl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dobai-Pataky_BSSSSl)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2010, 7:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-contributions/197977 "2010-10-24T07:50:59Z")

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Would it be alright if I reposted this list on InfoQ? Perhaps a little news coverage will bring in fresh blood. Jonathan

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## ["Start spreading the news"](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/start-spreading-the-news/192901)

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**Author:** [@Orion\_E](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Orion_E)\
**Replies:** 32\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2010, 7:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/start-spreading-the-news/192901 "2010-10-23T07:47:39Z")

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I’m sure most of you have seen this already, but I hadn’t seen Jimmy’s “farewell Microsoft” blog post posted to the list, so here it is if anyone hasn’t read it http://blog.jimmy.schementi.com/2010/08/start-spreading-…

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## [Anybody interested in speaking at the Taiwan Ruby user group?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/anybody-interested-in-speaking-at-the-taiwan-ruby-user-group/197927)

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**Author:** [@okkezSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/okkezSS)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2010, 7:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/anybody-interested-in-speaking-at-the-taiwan-ruby-user-group/197927 "2010-10-22T19:49:44Z")

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Hi Everybody, I am a part of the Taiwan Ruby user group and I am hoping to find a ironruby user who could come and give us a presentation on ironruby. The presentation time could be any where from 20 min to an hour wi…

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## [Create an enum from ironruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/create-an-enum-from-ironruby/196391)

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**Author:** [@michbukana](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/michbukana)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2010, 4:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/create-an-enum-from-ironruby/196391 "2010-10-12T16:37:13Z")

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I need to create an enum from IronRuby in order to bind a datagrid comboboxcolumn in wpf. Is it possible? Thank you in advance Eduardo

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## [Data binding in Silverlight 4](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/data-binding-in-silverlight-4/195660)

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**Author:** [@fxp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fxp)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2010, 5:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/data-binding-in-silverlight-4/195660 "2010-10-08T05:08:25Z")

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I’m beginning to research this, but I don’t want to reinvent the wheel if there is already a solution out there. My understanding of the problem is this: Data binding in Silverlight does not work because the system do…

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## [MutableString issues on IronRuby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mutablestring-issues-on-ironruby/190849)

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**Author:** [@Douglas\_Campos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Douglas_Campos)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 4, 2010, 11:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mutablestring-issues-on-ironruby/190849 "2010-10-04T23:58:06Z")

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Hi! I’m struggling with a weird error - I have a string filled up with binary data, and when I ask .length to it, CLR raises an exception telling it could not convert from specified charset to unicode. Is there any …

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## [Activerecord installation](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activerecord-installation/195864)

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**Author:** [@orange089](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/orange089)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2010, 8:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activerecord-installation/195864 "2010-10-02T20:16:50Z")

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when i try to install activerecord gem on ironruby, i’ve got: igem install activerecord -r --no-rdoc --no-ri ERROR: Error installing activerecord: activesupport requires Ruby version \>= 1.8.7 (‘ir.exe -e “puts RUB…

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## [Insight on the future of IronRuby?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/insight-on-the-future-of-ironruby/195827)

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**Author:** [@thbar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thbar)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2010, 12:34am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/insight-on-the-future-of-ironruby/195827 "2010-10-02T00:34:07Z")

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Hi guys (and girls, if any), I’d really, really like to have any hint of where IronRuby and the DLR are going, roughly. We’re considering using IR as a scripting engine for a fairly important desktop app, so I thoug…

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## [Showing the REPL console in a Silverlight app](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/showing-the-repl-console-in-a-silverlight-app/195731)

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**Author:** [@fxp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fxp)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2010, 7:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/showing-the-repl-console-in-a-silverlight-app/195731 "2010-09-29T07:10:54Z")

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I’m playing with the Chiron examples (\\silverlight\\samples\\Clock\\ruby) and I want to bring up the REPL console. If I throw an exception by adding raising an exception, then I can see the console when the error is disp…

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## [Running ruby script from my own .NET code is slow](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-ruby-script-from-my-own-net-code-is-slow/194879)

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**Author:** [@Anton\_F](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Anton_F)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2010, 5:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-ruby-script-from-my-own-net-code-is-slow/194879 "2010-09-24T17:59:17Z")

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Hi all! Why it is ~5 times slower to run the same .rb script from my .NET application (using ScriptEngine and ScriptRuntime) classes, than doing the same with ir.exe? When I downloaded IronRuby source, and compiled …

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## [Problem with igem/gem in latest ironruby from github?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-igem-gem-in-latest-ironruby-from-github/195532)

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**Author:** [@Davy\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Davy_B)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2010, 2:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-igem-gem-in-latest-ironruby-from-github/195532 "2010-09-24T14:42:37Z")

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Hi, i’m using the latest ironruby from github, and when i try to run igem install it just fails with the following message: D:\\Projects\\ironruby\\bin\\Debug\>igem install rspec ERROR: http://rubygems.org/ does not appe…

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## [Inheritance in IronRuby - possibly a bug or two?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/inheritance-in-ironruby-possibly-a-bug-or-two/195517)

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**Author:** [@valdar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/valdar)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2010, 11:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/inheritance-in-ironruby-possibly-a-bug-or-two/195517 "2010-09-24T11:46:59Z")

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I have a couple questions about deriving from C# class from IronRuby. For context, here’s a code example that I will refer to here in a bit: ======================================== using System; using System.Reflec…

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## [OpenSSL support for IronRuby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/openssl-support-for-ironruby/195487)

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**Author:** [@barby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/barby)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2010, 7:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/openssl-support-for-ironruby/195487 "2010-09-24T07:41:43Z")

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I don’t know if openssl is still a problem for IronRuby on mono But the JRuby guys are using bouncy castle to get that support. As it so happens there is also a .Net provider for bouncy castle. http://www.bouncycastle…

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## [Object equality](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/object-equality/194708)

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**Author:** [@Davy\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Davy_B)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2010, 6:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/object-equality/194708 "2010-09-10T18:43:42Z")

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If i have the following class in ruby: class TestClass def initialize(value) @value = value end def ==(other) return false if other.nil? self.value == other.value end protected def value @value end end test…

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## [Code Review: 19compat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-19compat/194753)

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**Author:** [@grujildo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/grujildo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2010, 11:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-19compat/194753 "2010-09-09T23:22:48Z")

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tfpt review “/shelveset:19compat;REDMOND\\tomat” Comment : 1.9 compat fixes. Tomas

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## [Accessor methods and property syntax in .NET](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/accessor-methods-and-property-syntax-in-net/194569)

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**Author:** [@Davy\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Davy_B)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2010, 11:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/accessor-methods-and-property-syntax-in-net/194569 "2010-09-09T11:05:36Z")

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Hi all, IronRuby has a nice trick where attributes defined by attr\_reader, attr\_accessor and attr\_writer are usable as properties from C#… i was just wondering: is it possible to use the same trick in our own ruby co…

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## [Code Review: BasicObject](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-basicobject/194682)

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**Author:** [@grujildo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/grujildo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2010, 2:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-basicobject/194682 "2010-09-09T02:16:24Z")

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tfpt review “/shelveset:BasicObject;REDMOND\\tomat” Comment : Implements BasicObject. BasicObject is injected into Ruby inheritance hierarchy as a superclass of Object. Ruby Object class still corresponds to System:…

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## [IronRuby and Cucumber](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-and-cucumber/194436)

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**Author:** [@kavitha](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kavitha)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 7, 2010, 4:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-and-cucumber/194436 "2010-09-07T16:59:54Z")

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Hi, While I was trying to integrate Iron Ruby and Cucumber the installation succeeded without any problems. But when I wanted to execute some examples for CS folder I found the folder to be missing. Can anyone pleas…

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## [Help required in running icucumber for CS examples](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-required-in-running-icucumber-for-cs-examples/194581)

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**Author:** [@kavitha](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kavitha)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 7, 2010, 1:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-required-in-running-icucumber-for-cs-examples/194581 "2010-09-07T13:14:57Z")

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Hello All, After installing Iron ruby1.0 and cucumber-0.6.4 everything worked fine till compile.bat was executed. But when I executed icucumber features for cs examples I am getting the below error. I googled severa…

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