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With the focus on performance, this release of JRuby has proven to be a contender. “There have been more and more reports of applications exceeding Ruby 1.8.6 performance; we are even beating Ruby 1.9 in some microbenchmarks,” reports Thomas Enebo.

Other major features in this release:

• Compilation of Ruby to Java Bytecode (in AOT and JIT modes)

• Oniguruma port to Java

• Refactored IO implementation

• Improved memory consumption

• Thousands of compatibility fixes

JRuby 1.1 can be download from:  http://dist.codehaus.org/jruby/

“Please try your applications against JRuby 1.1 and give us feedback.  If you find poor performance or a compatibility problem, then we want to know about it; message us on IRC, email our mailing list, or file a bug,”  Enebo requests.

For more visit the JRuby homepage.