title: Is IronRuby Dead?
body: <p>I am .Net programmer who is looking to branch out and possibly use some Ruby in my current and future web applications. Looking on the <a href="http://www.ironruby.net/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Iron Ruby Website</a> the last release was nearly a year ago: March 13, 2011. No <a href="http://www.ironruby.net/announcements/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">announcements</a> have have been made on their website since that time either.</p>
  
  <p>With all of this, a several questions come to mind: </p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Is IronRuby Dead?</li>
  <li>If the project is dead, are there any alternatives that are integrated in .Net? </li>
  <li>If it's alive, is it still an actively maintained project? Where can I find the most recent release?</li>
  <li>Am I barking up the wrong tree? Should I leave ruby as just ruby and .Net as .Net, two separate entities never to meet in the same project?</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>I've seen questions regarding IronRuby on stackoverflow <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/search?tab=newest&amp;q=ironruby">recently</a>, so obviously folks are using it. I'm not sure if they're supporting legacy applications or doing new development work.</p>