Ruby 2.1.0 Released

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).

Comments

Re:For a dying language Ruby is doing great

[cold fjord]

For a dying language Ruby is doing great ..... What comedic timing: Is Ruby Dying.

The key thing to understand is that Netcraft didn't confirm it.

I think this submission, Warcraft confirms it - Iranian sanctions are trying, which turned into this story, Iranian Players Blocked From World of Warcraft Due To Trade Sanctions , is still one of my favorites for playing with that meme.

Cheers