Ruby 1.9.2 officially released Socket API support IPv6

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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