Recently, the latest version of the Ruby 1.9 series, Ruby 1.9.2, has been officially released. This version is compatible with most of 1.9.1. Ruby 1.9.2 99% has passed RubySpec, and Ruby 1.9.2 has significantly improved its performance compared with the 1.8.x series.
Interestingly, Ruby 1.9.2 only provides comprehensive support for Intel's 32-bit Debian Linux, for OS X 10.5, 10.6, FreeBSD, Windows, and Solaris, "Do your best to support ".
Ruby 1.9.2 comparison between Linux and Windows
Ruby 1.9.2 main improvements:
◆ Added many new methods;
◆ The new socket API supports IPv6 );
◆ New random number generator;
◆ New encoding is added;
◆ There will be no more problems in 2038;
Download and install:
You can download related resources from the official website:
Http://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.9/ruby-1.9.2-p0.tar.gz
Http://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.9/ruby-1.9.2-p0.tar.bz2
Http://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.9/ruby-1.9.2-p0.zip
Alternatively, you can use RVM. The latest version of RVM supports Ruby 1.9.2:
Rvm update -- head & rvm reload & rvm install 1.9.2 & rvm 1.9.2 -- default
For more information about Ruby 1.9.2, see here.
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