I’m really happy to announce the release of RubyCLR Drop 4 – the first drop to be hosted entirely on RubyForge. Download it directly by clicking here.

I have registered the http://www.rubyclr.com domain, but right now it just redirects to the RubyForge project page – this will change in the near future. But that will become the new home for all things RubyCLR.

This release fixes quite a lot of bugs related to value type boxing and unboxing. If you are using these types in your programs you’ll be really happy with the improved stability of this release.

I’ve completely updated the RSS Reader sample application to provide some guidance as to how to use RubyCLR for GUI applications. Bottom line: use Visual Studio’s designer support to create your UI – compile it into an assembly and reference that assembly from your Ruby program. This is the primary scenario for RubyCLR so look for major improvements in this area for the next release.

Please use the bug tracking system on RubyForge to report bugs. This will help me prioritize work for the next release.

BTW, if you have a blog, please help spread the word! We can make this happen together!

Enjoy!