Ruby 2.1.0 Released · Slashdot Mirror

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday December 25, 2013 @07:50AM from the not-dying-after-all dept.

Today marks the release of Ruby version 2.1.0. A brief list of changes since 2.0.0 has been posted, and file downloads are available. Here are some of the changes:

Now the default values of keyword arguments can be omitted. Those 'required keyword arguments" need giving explicitly at the call time.
Added suffixes for integer and float literals: 'r', 'i', and 'ri'.
def-expr now returns the symbol of its name instead of nil.
rb_profile_frames() added. Provides low-cost access to the current ruby stack for callstack profiling.
introduced the generational GC a.k.a RGenGC (PDF).

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Red title? by c++ · 2013-12-25 07:53 · Score: 3, Insightful

Why does Ruby get its own color?
Too bad by filmorris · 2013-12-25 08:01 · Score: 4, Insightful

Wow, just yesterday it was dying, and today they release a new version! I guess they didn't get the memo

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