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See, here's the deal. I'm not a very advanced IDE user. I used Eclipse for years and JDE before that, and I wouldn't ever have c...

Things have been moving quickly in JRuby-land, and we've just kicked out a major release in JRuby 0.9.8. Among the big features: Ruby c...

After my adventures in Hyderabad, the next stop on the tour took me to the heart of India's IT industry, where I would present my TechDa...

I have many pictures to share, but they will have to wait for an updated post. Allow your imagination to escort you for now. So! I had been ...

I just completed my talk at Tech Days Hyderabad, and I think it was resounding success. If I heard right, the total head count for my ...

Success! It is now 3:00AM in Hyderabad India, and I have checked into the Novotel in HiTec City. The flight was uneventful; I got my demos b...

I'm now relaxing at Schiphol Airport, where I've just plunked down my 10 euros for internet access. After a light breakfast, my curr...

Yes, you read that right! I'm announcing my intent to circumnavigate the globe in only NINE DAYS spreading JRuby and joy at every stop. ...

The Phoenix Is Rising ! After being considered dead for many years, Jython is back in business with the beta 1 release of Jython 2.2. It...

Things are moving along well...so well I've found time to reimplement String with byte[], work on closures in the compiler, and, well th...

Last week Tim Bray and I were at Menlo Park to meet with the Open Source Software Society Shimane, a delegation of developers, managers, an...

My friends, the end of the road is in sight for official Rails support. Tom, Ola, and I have been working over the past week to get remainin...

I created JRUBY-501 to track performance improvements to Java integration, since it's come to light recently that it may be one of our ...

Roundup! Martin Fowler enjoys using JRuby with Velocity Jean Lazarou creates an F3 clone with JRuby Ashish Sahni posts a walkthrough for...

Times they are a-changing. I posted previously on JRuby's compiler work. There have been various iterations of the compiler, many purely...

Who knew writing a compiler could be so much fun. I managed to accomplish two things tonight. It's late and I have a flight home tomorro...

Tor, you sneaky devil. You tagged me before anyone else had a chance. You grabbed the brass ring. Kudos. So to continue the "5 Things...

The headline says it all, really! The TIOBE Programming Community Index measures language popularity based on "the world-wide availabi...

I've been cranking away on the new compiler. I'm a bit tired and planning to get some sleep, but I've gotten the following worki...