Sip from the Firehose

Matz told everyone there would be Christmas present this year.  He was right on target.  He posted a message on December 25th telling everyone that Ruby version 1.9.0 is officially released.
Ruby version 1.9.0 downloads:
ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.9/ruby-1.9.0-0.tar.bz2
ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.9/ruby-1.9.0-0.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.9/ruby-1.9.0-0.zip 
Compatibility test results posted by Matz on the Ruby language forum:
"For your information, here’s the test result from the released Ruby
1.9.0:
  sample/test.rb
  858 tests […]

Many of us will be home next week enjoying some time off for the holidays.  While I will also be spending time with my family, I will also be catching up on reading, writing, and programming.
Thank you to our CodeGear community for a great 2007.  I appreciate all that many of you have done to […]

You can use our CodeGear product "built with" and "powered by" logos in your applications, on your web sites, in your packaging, and everywhere else to tell the world that you used one (or more of our products).
The logos are available from a CDN article and also in Code Central.
We’ve received several requests for logos […]

I am sorry that our CodeGear and Developer Network sites have been down and slow this morning.  Several of our servers were being attacked from outside the US.  The attacks turned into a "denial of service".  Our server administrators took care of the problem and plugged the exploit.  The servers are back up now.  I […]

It is holiday time for Ruby and Rails.  Gifts have been under construction this past year.
Rails 2.0 is now available.  We’re working on a CodeGear 3rdRail update to allow you to use Rails 2.0. Stay tuned to CDN for news about 3rdRail update availability.
The Ruby language vesion 2.0 is also under development.  Matz says to expect a […]