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<p>A dynamic, open source programming language with a focus on
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<div class="comment"># The Greeter class</div>
<div><span class="keyword">class</span> Greeter</div>
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<div class="comment"># Output "Hello World!"</div>
<div>g<span class="op">.</span>salute</div>
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<h3><a href="/en/news/2008/11/10/scotland-on-rails-2009/">Scotland on Rails 2009</a></h3>
<p><a href="http://scotlandonrails.com">Scotland on Rails</a> is pleased to announce that Conference2009 will be held March 26-28 in Edinburgh, Scotland.</p>
<p>We are now accepting submissions. The closing date for submissions is December 1st 2008, so there’s still time! Please mail your plaintext proposals for 45 minute sessions to <a href="mailto:submissions@scotlandonrails.com">submissions@scotlandonrails.com</a>.</p>
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<p>Come and enjoy all that Edinburgh has to offer (whisky! castle! volcano! ruby! whisky!) in March. We hope to see you there.</p>
<p class="post-info">Posted by James Edward Gray II on 10 Nov 2008</p>
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<h3><a href="/en/news/2008/11/08/mountainwest-rubyconf-2009-dates-and-cfp/">MountainWest RubyConf 2009 dates and CFP</a></h3>
<p><a href="http://mtnwestrubyconf.org">MountainWest RubyConf 2009</a> will be held March 13-14, 2009, in Salt Lake City, Utah, <span class="caps">USA</span>.</p>
<p>Proposals to speak at this regional conference are now being accepted. Please send your proposal to proposals@mtnwestrubyconf.org.</p>
<p>The submission deadline is midnight (MST) on December 31st, 2008.</p>
<p>There are sponsorship opportunities available as well. Please contact sponsorship@mtnwestruby.org if you are interested.</p>
<p>Please see <a href="http://mtnwestrubyconf.org">mtnwestrubyconf.org/</a> for more details as they become available.</p>
<p><a href="/en/news/2008/11/08/mountainwest-rubyconf-2009-dates-and-cfp/">Continue Reading…</a></p>
<p class="post-info">Posted by james on 08 Nov 2008</p>
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<li><a href="/en/news/2008/10/28/ruby-1-9-1-preview-1-released/"> Ruby 1.9.1-preview 1 released</a>
<span class="post-info">Posted by james on 28 Oct 2008</span></li>
<li><a href="/en/news/2008/10/02/rubyconf-2008-is-sold-out/">RubyConf 2008 is Sold-out</a>
<span class="post-info">Posted by james on 02 Oct 2008</span></li>
<li><a href="/en/news/2008/09/09/voices-that-matter-2008/">Voices That Matter 2008</a>
<span class="post-info">Posted by James Edward Gray II on 09 Sep 2008</span></li>
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<li><a href="/en/news/2008/08/23/dos-vulnerability-in-rexml/">DoS vulnerability in REXML</a>
<span class="post-info">Posted by Shugo Maeda on 23 Aug 2008</span></li>
<li><a href="/en/news/2008/08/11/ruby-1-8-7-p72-and-1-8-6-p287-released/">Ruby 1.8.7-p72 and 1.8.6-p287 released</a>
<span class="post-info">Posted by Shugo Maeda on 11 Aug 2008</span></li>
<li><a href="/en/news/2008/08/08/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-ruby/">Multiple vulnerabilities in Ruby</a>
<span class="post-info">Posted by Shugo Maeda on 08 Aug 2008</span></li>
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