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IronRuby Unleashed

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ISBN-13: 978-0-672-33078-0

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Friedman, Shay.
  IronRuby unleashed / Shay Friedman.
      p. cm.
  ISBN 978-0-672-33078-0
 1.  IronRuby (Computer program language) 2.  Microsoft .NET Framework. 3.  Ruby
(Computer program language)  I. Title.
  QA76.73.I586F74 2010
  006.7'882—dc22
                                                     2009050114

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First Printing: February 2010

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Dedication

To Shira, you bring light to my life. You make me believe I can achieve anything. With you, I really can.

To my parents, Shimon and Hana, my sister, Tali, and my brothers, Ofer and Shraga, you taught me well and helped me become who I am today.