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Rubinius is an implementation of the Ruby programming language. Rubinius
includes a bytecode virtual machine, parser, bytecode compiler, garbage
collector, JIT native machine code compiler, and Ruby core and standard
libraries. Rubinius currently implements Ruby version 1.8.7.
libraries.

Rubinius currently is compatible with Ruby version 1.8.7. Support for Ruby
version 1.9.2 is coming soon.


2. License
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3. Installing Rubinius

Rubinius runs on many *nix operating systems. Rubinius does not yet run on
Microsoft Windows.
Rubinius runs on Mac OS X and many Unix/Linxu operating systems. Support for
Mircosoft Windows is coming soon.

To install Rubinius, use the following steps. For more information about
building and running Rubinius, see doc/getting_started.txt.
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1. git clone git://github.com/evanphx/rubinius.git
2. cd rubinius
3. ./configure --prefix=/path/to/install/dir
OR if you have LLVM installed
./configure --skip-system --prefix=/path/to/install/dir
4. rake install
5. Add /path/to/install/dir/bin to your PATH
6. Run rbx some_script.rb or just rbx to launch irb.
6. Run 'rbx some_script.rb' or just 'rbx' to launch IRB.


4. Version 1.0
4. Version 1.1

Rubinius has been under development as a public open-source project since
November 2006. Rubinius development is sponsored by Engine Yard, Inc. and
assisted by the generous work of over 100 contributors.

At version 1.0, Rubinius is significantly feature-complete. It is expected
At version 1.1, Rubinius is significantly feature-complete. It is expected
that your Ruby code will run correctly. Additionally, many MRI C extensions
are expected to work, as long as they do not depend on MRI-specific object
internals or the MRI interpreter internals.
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6. Tickets

Please file tickets for bugs or problems that you encounter. The issue tracker
is: http://github.com/evanphx/rubinius/issues. See doc/howto/write_a_ticket.txt
is: http://github.com/evanphx/rubinius/issues. For more documentation, build
Rubinius and run the 'rbx docs' command.


7. Contributing

The Rubinius team welcomes contributions. See doc/contributing.txt.
The Rubinius team welcomes contributions. Run 'rbx docs' and see the
"Contributing" page.

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@chanks chanks commented on db8e377 Sep 23, 2010

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"Linxu" and "Mircosoft Windows"? Snazzy!

;)

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@brixen brixen commented on db8e377 Sep 23, 2010

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we're trying to avoid litigation here. :P

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hrhr nice =D

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