Today, Matz announced the availability of ruby 1.8.1 preview1 and,
subsequently, [ruby 1.8.1 preview2][1] \|\| [rubyforge mirror][2] As
always, we encourage Rubyists to download this preview release and put
it through its paces. Your testing, bug reports, and patches will lead
to a stable ruby 1.8.1.



[1]: https://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.8/ruby-1.8.1-preview2.tar.gz
[2]: http://rubyforge.org/project/showfiles.php?group_id=30&release_id=152