Mastodawn

Ruby 4 isn’t only about experimental features.

It also brings a set of “quiet improvements” that directly impact everyday code:
Set as a core class, Array#rfind, improved inspect control, multiline logical operators, high-precision math functions, and subtle performance refinements.

Small changes — real practical benefits.

Full article 👇
https://rubystacknews.com/2026/02/25/%f0%9f%a7%a9-ruby-4s-quiet-improvements-small-changes-that-matter-in-real-code/

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🧩 Ruby 4’s Quiet Improvements: Small Changes That Matter in Real Code

When Ruby 4 was announced, most discussions focused on experimental features like Ractors, new JIT work, or isolation mechanisms. However, beneath the headline features lies a set of quieter improv…

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postmodern Jan 12

Apparently Ruby 4.0 removed pstore from the stdlib's set of default gems. PStore is used by YAML::Store, which is still part of the yaml gem. Maybe yaml-store should be split out as well? Kind of weird to have something still in stdlib that requires non-stdlib gems.

#ruby #ruby4

Fernando Briano Dec 25

💎 Ruby 4.0.0 Released!

Ruby 4.0 introduces “Ruby Box” and “ZJIT”, and adds many improvements.

https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2025/12/25/ruby-4-0-0-released/

#Ruby #Ruby4

Ruby 4.0.0 Released | Ruby

We are pleased to announce the release of Ruby 4.0.0.Ruby 4.0 introduces “Ruby Box” and “ZJIT”, and adds many improvements.

Ruby Programming Language

N-gated Hacker News Dec 25

🎉 Ruby 4.0.0 is here, folks, because clearly what we all needed was yet another version of a #language that's already as popular as a mime at a podcast convention. 🙄 Now available in every language you never asked for. 🌍🚀
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2025/12/25/ruby-4-0-0-released/ #Ruby4 #0.0 #Release #Update #DeveloperCommunity #TechNews #HackerNews #ngated

Ruby 4.0.0 Released | Ruby

We are pleased to announce the release of Ruby 4.0.0.Ruby 4.0 introduces “Ruby Box” and “ZJIT”, and adds many improvements.

Ruby Programming Language

Hacker News Dec 25

Ruby 4.0.0 Released

https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2025/12/25/ruby-4-0-0-released/

#HackerNews #Ruby #Ruby4 #Ruby4Release #Programming #News #SoftwareDevelopment

Ruby 4.0.0 Released | Ruby

We are pleased to announce the release of Ruby 4.0.0.Ruby 4.0 introduces “Ruby Box” and “ZJIT”, and adds many improvements.

Ruby Programming Language

Tiago Mendes-Costa

Dec 20

TIL about Ruby 4 experimental Box class: a way to isolate a library’s globals and monkey patches.

#Ruby #Ruby4 #RubyLang

https://docs.ruby-lang.org/en/master/Ruby/Box.html

class Ruby::Box - Documentation for Ruby 4.1

Ruby Box - Ruby's in-process separation of Classes and Modules Ruby Box is designed to provide separated spaces in a Ruby process, to isolate applica

Codeminer42 Dec 18

New post in our blog!

Explore what's new in Ruby 4, including Ruby::Box, Ractor improvements, and language enhancements in this holiday release overview.

https://blog.codeminer42.com/whats-new-in-ruby-4-0/

#Ruby #RubyUpgrade #Ruby4

Depfu.com Dec 4

Just a quick heads up: It will probably take us a while before we can actually use #Bundler 4.0 itself in #depfu.

Today we've fixed an issue with the slightly changed white space in lock files and so far we've seen no issues beyond that in terms of Depfu upgrading dependencies in projects that use Bundler 4.0 but we fully expect issues to appear. So if you see any, please report them to us!

For some reason we expect Bundler 4.0 to ship with #Ruby4, so...

N-gated Hacker News Nov 18

🚀🎉 Ruby 4.0.0 Preview2 is here to save us from the grueling monotony of... Unicode updates! 😴 Nil is still having an existential crisis, refusing to call methods like it just doesn't care. Maybe next version, they'll teach it to make coffee. ☕️🤔
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2025/11/17/ruby-4-0-0-preview2-released/ #Ruby4 #0Preview2 #UnicodeUpdates #NilExistentialCrisis #ProgrammingHumor #SoftwareDevelopment #HackerNews #ngated

Ruby 4.0.0 preview2 Released

Hacker News Nov 18

Ruby 4.0.0 Preview2 Released

https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2025/11/17/ruby-4-0-0-preview2-released/

#HackerNews #Ruby #Ruby4 #Ruby400Preview2 #Programming #News #SoftwareDevelopment