# IronRuby

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## [Unimplemented builtin methods](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unimplemented-builtin-methods/131146)

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**Author:** [@Wayne\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Wayne_K)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 6, 2008, 1:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unimplemented-builtin-methods/131146 "2008-03-06T13:15:39Z")

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I’ve previously posted a list of unimplemented classes and methods from external Ruby libraries. There are also a number of methods of the builtin classes yet to be implemented. The following are the currently unimple…

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## [Enum to Fixnum](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/enum-to-fixnum/131019)

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**Author:** [@Wayne\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Wayne_K)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 5, 2008, 9:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/enum-to-fixnum/131019 "2008-03-05T09:23:34Z")

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How does one write Ruby code to convert a Enum value into a Fixnum? Cheers, Wayne

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## [Class method bug](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/class-method-bug/131020)

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**Author:** [@Wayne\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Wayne_K)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 5, 2008, 9:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/class-method-bug/131020 "2008-03-05T09:23:34Z")

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It seems that there is some problem associated with class methods for classes called “Class” … module Digest class Class def Class.meth() puts ‘hello’ end end Class.meth() end

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## [Re: MD5 MemberwiseClone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-md5-memberwiseclone/131016)

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**Author:** [@Wayne\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Wayne_K)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 5, 2008, 7:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-md5-memberwiseclone/131016 "2008-03-05T07:56:19Z")

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From: Sanghyeon S. \[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid\] Sent: Friday, 29 February 2008 2:23 PM To: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid Subject: Re: \[Ironruby-core\] digest.so implemented Hash implementations are f…

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## [Heroku - It can be a nice Ironruby inspiration](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/heroku-it-can-be-a-nice-ironruby-inspiration/131011)

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**Author:** [@softmind](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/softmind)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 5, 2008, 5:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/heroku-it-can-be-a-nice-ironruby-inspiration/131011 "2008-03-05T05:42:05Z")

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Hi, I was fascinated with this wonderful experiment called " heroku" more information here… www.heroku.com Its an online tool that lets you create Ruby on Rails website online. Its fast, Easy and Free. All i can…

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## [Ruby in Steel @ MIX 08](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-in-steel-mix-08/130937)

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**Author:** [@John\_LSSDLR](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/John_LSSDLR)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2008, 4:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-in-steel-mix-08/130937 "2008-03-04T16:56:03Z")

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Ironruby-core mailing list removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ironruby-core

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## [Dead Slow Progress on IronRuby... No Beta Yet](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dead-slow-progress-on-ironruby-no-beta-yet/130296)

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**Author:** [@webreservoir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/webreservoir)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2008, 1:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dead-slow-progress-on-ironruby-no-beta-yet/130296 "2008-03-03T13:27:07Z")

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Hi, I was expecting a rapid growth on IronRuby keeping following things in my mind which i had preserved so far. (1) Ruby.Net code ( partially ) was licensed by MS to incorporate in to IronRuby (2) IronRuby was anno…

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## [Ruby In Steel IronRuby Edition - alpha now available](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-in-steel-ironruby-edition-alpha-now-available/130470)

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**Author:** [@huw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/huw)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2008, 10:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-in-steel-ironruby-edition-alpha-now-available/130470 "2008-03-03T10:23:17Z")

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The first public alpha of our IronRuby IDE is now available for free download. This includes our IronRuby form designer with drag+drop controls, properties panel, syntax coloring, code collapsing, code formatting, bra…

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## [DLR - where is the community?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dlr-where-is-the-community/130463)

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**Author:** [@andysko](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andysko)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2008, 12:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dlr-where-is-the-community/130463 "2008-03-03T00:31:37Z")

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Hi, DLR is nice, but what is still missing is “community”. I think there is plenty of people trying DLR, but there is no good source for information except some blogs. What I am really missing is some community forum, …

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## [Couple of Questions](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/couple-of-questions/129967)

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**Author:** [@josetomas\_r](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/josetomas_r)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2008, 4:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/couple-of-questions/129967 "2008-02-27T16:55:54Z")

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Hi everyone, I was watching yesterday’s John L.'s Lang.NET presentation on IronRuby (Great presentation, btw, really enjoyed it), and it was pretty informative (to me, at least). Besides that, I’ve been looking at th…

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## [IronRuby Support with VWD 2008 ---- Cheers](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-support-with-vwd-2008-cheers/130305)

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**Author:** [@softmind](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/softmind)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2008, 7:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-support-with-vwd-2008-cheers/130305 "2008-02-27T07:21:51Z")

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Hi, I’m quoting the latest blog by ScottGu for Silverlight 2.0 Developers can write Silverlight applications using any .NET language (including VB, C#, JavaScript, IronPython and IronRuby). We will ship Visual Studio…

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## [Regexp anomalous behavior](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/regexp-anomalous-behavior/130192)

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**Author:** [@rjberry](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rjberry)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2008, 10:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/regexp-anomalous-behavior/130192 "2008-02-26T22:58:04Z")

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Consider following program (test.rb): puts ‘aaabbbaaa’.match(‘aaa’).length puts ‘aaabbbaaa’.match(‘x’).length With CRuby, the result or running is: \[08:49:31 ~\] ruby test.rb 1 test.rb:2: undefined method \`length’ f…

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## [Linq to SQL with IronRuby... Is it Possible...?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/linq-to-sql-with-ironruby-is-it-possible/129518)

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**Author:** [@webreservoir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/webreservoir)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2008, 9:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/linq-to-sql-with-ironruby-is-it-possible/129518 "2008-02-26T09:53:53Z")

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hello, i’m a newbie here. joined now. i’m exploring ironruby from scratch. few questions to start with… LINQ to SQL… is a nice thing currently supported in C# and Vb.Net. i would like to know… if this has been imple…

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## [Towards gems - setup.rb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/towards-gems-setup-rb/129739)

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**Author:** [@Wayne\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Wayne_K)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2008, 11:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/towards-gems-setup-rb/129739 "2008-02-25T23:12:57Z")

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I thought I’d see how far I could get trying to execute gems setup.rb using IronRuby. The following lists the issues that I came across and how I fixed or worked around them: Encountered assertion error in MergeLoca…

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## [Asp.Net MVC .... V/S... IronRuby On Rails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/asp-net-mvc-v-s-ironruby-on-rails/130077)

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**Author:** [@webreservoir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/webreservoir)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2008, 9:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/asp-net-mvc-v-s-ironruby-on-rails/130077 "2008-02-25T09:59:46Z")

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Hello, ( Please note all this discussion below is about Asp.Net MVC with IronRuby only.) I just finished reading the first chapter on Asp.Net MVC in Action by www.manning.com. It seems Asp.Net MVC is inspired a lot …

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## [How to digitally sign the assemblies?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-digitally-sign-the-assemblies/129894)

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**Author:** [@Fernando\_Correia](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Fernando_Correia)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2008, 1:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-digitally-sign-the-assemblies/129894 "2008-02-22T13:06:56Z")

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I want to try IronRuby on a project that has its assemblies signed. So, the IronRuby’s assemblies must be signed as well. I’ve tried with Visual Studio 2005 and 2008 to set the projects up for signing, and created t…

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## [FW: Our team is growing!](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fw-our-team-is-growing/129829)

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**Author:** [@jmaenpaa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jmaenpaa)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2008, 10:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fw-our-team-is-growing/129829 "2008-02-21T22:14:18Z")

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FYI, we’re hiring! See below. From: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid \[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid\] On Behalf Of Dino Viehland Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 11:57 AM To: Discussion of IronPyth…

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## [Extension methods etc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/extension-methods-etc/129819)

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**Author:** [@xjivan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/xjivan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2008, 7:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/extension-methods-etc/129819 "2008-02-21T19:51:40Z")

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Hi As you’ve probably seen before I’d like to write a couple of articles that show how to use ironruby with a couple of .NET ORMS but in the process of writing those I get constantly tripped up. When I have to pass…

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## [Skeleton external libraries required by simple RoR use cases](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/skeleton-external-libraries-required-by-simple-ror-use-cases/129795)

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**Author:** [@Wayne\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Wayne_K)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2008, 7:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/skeleton-external-libraries-required-by-simple-ror-use-cases/129795 "2008-02-21T19:44:00Z")

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Attached is a zipfile containing skeleton definitions for all classes and methods from Zlib, Win32API, Thread, Syck, StrScan, StringIO, SQLite3, Socket, OpenSSL and Digest that get called during the execution of a num…

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## [Towards gems - obscure scoping bug](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/towards-gems-obscure-scoping-bug/129669)

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**Author:** [@Wayne\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Wayne_K)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2008, 1:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/towards-gems-obscure-scoping-bug/129669 "2008-02-21T01:07:47Z")

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module A Default = 42 def A::foo end def A::meth1(param = Default) foo {} puts ‘OK’ end def A::meth2(param = Default) puts ‘not OK’ foo { foo {} } end A::meth1() A::meth2() end The first method executes O…

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## [Defined? bug](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/defined-bug/129544)

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**Author:** [@Wayne\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Wayne_K)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2008, 6:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/defined-bug/129544 "2008-02-19T18:27:47Z")

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I assume this is just one of the many features that is yet to be fully implemented, but there was no TODO comment in the code, so I thought I’d mention that the current implementation of the defined? function in AstN…

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## [Can't run script after engine exception](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-run-script-after-engine-exception/129508)

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**Author:** [@acampos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/acampos)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2008, 1:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-run-script-after-engine-exception/129508 "2008-02-19T13:26:27Z")

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Hi All, I’ve got a problem where if I execute a Ruby script that has a syntax error or missing method and that correctly fails I cannot use that engine object to subsequently execute a valid script. If I restart the …

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## [Singleton methods on builtin global constants](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/singleton-methods-on-builtin-global-constants/129509)

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**Author:** [@Wayne\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Wayne_K)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2008, 8:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/singleton-methods-on-builtin-global-constants/129509 "2008-02-19T08:46:39Z")

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I’ve been looking into implementing environment variable lookup, eg ENV\[‘RUBYOPT’\] (as it is required for gems setup). ENV is a builtin global constant. In the CRuby implementation it points to a plain old Ruby obje…

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## [Requiring .NET assemblies](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/requiring-net-assemblies/129466)

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**Author:** [@xjivan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/xjivan)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2008, 6:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/requiring-net-assemblies/129466 "2008-02-19T06:20:25Z")

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Hi, I ran into a pretty weird issue, I tried to use some of the .NET ORM’s with IronRuby. I haven’t investigated with the debugger turned on yet but here’s what I observed I tried this with ActiveRecord from Castle…

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## [MergeLocation bug](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mergelocation-bug/129494)

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**Author:** [@Wayne\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Wayne_K)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2008, 5:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mergelocation-bug/129494 "2008-02-19T05:04:12Z")

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A Parser/scanner bug has been introduced in lastest revision. We used to be able to successfully parse rubygems-1.0.1\\setup.rb but it now raises an assertion error in SourceSpan::ValidateLocations. The problem lies in…

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## [IronRuby (Without MVC ) and ActiveRecord... Is it Possible](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-without-mvc-and-activerecord-is-it-possible/127591)

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**Author:** [@softmind](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/softmind)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2008, 6:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-without-mvc-and-activerecord-is-it-possible/127591 "2008-02-18T18:47:45Z")

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Hi, I wa just reading a book called " Beginning Rails " and i found this information in it. Here it is… The fact is an Active Record subclass,isnâ€™t much different from a regular Ruby class. Active Record models ar…

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## [String Equality Operation](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/string-equality-operation/129405)

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**Author:** [@acampos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/acampos)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2008, 4:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/string-equality-operation/129405 "2008-02-18T16:15:23Z")

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Hi There, I’m doing a bit of playing around with IronRuby and ticking along ok. One thing which I’m having difficulty with though is string equality between a string that’s come from an external object. Example: mys…

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## [Noone's mentioned it yet](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/noones-mentioned-it-yet/129183)

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**Author:** [@dreamwave](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dreamwave)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2008, 5:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/noones-mentioned-it-yet/129183 "2008-02-16T05:37:12Z")

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But I noticed it yesterday, there’s a new SVN revision out there. Lot’s of changes to the DLR, which can affect stuff people may be working on. You may want to get latest and merge your changes. I assume this is a re…

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## [How to contrubute to IronRuby?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-contrubute-to-ironruby/128989)

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**Author:** [@nero](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nero)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2008, 5:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-contrubute-to-ironruby/128989 "2008-02-14T17:34:56Z")

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Hi all, someone can resume me how to contribute to IronRuby project? where, and how, send patches? and if there’s a todo list… I’ve already read the wiki page http://ironruby.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl?ContributingTo…

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## [Initializing external Ruby libraries](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/initializing-external-ruby-libraries/129078)

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**Author:** [@Wayne\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Wayne_K)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2008, 3:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/initializing-external-ruby-libraries/129078 "2008-02-14T03:18:55Z")

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For Ruby libraries such as sockets, openssl etc (ie not built-in classes or modules), I assume we will implement/port them using say C# to produce a managed dll (eg socket.dll). Client programs will then require ‘sock…

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