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What's Shiny and New in Ruby 1.8.0?
25 Sep 04 -
http://www.approximity.com/cgi-bin/blogtariAgile/index.rb/Ruby/NewInRuby18.rdoc
why has produced a must_read summary about new features in Ruby 1.8.0.
whytheluckystiff.net/articles/2003/08/04/rubyOneEightOh