Thank you. I have been doing rubying for 2 days and dont yet know about ruby evolution. I took this version from my company's server and never wondered how it had got there. It carries 1.8.0 in its name and is actually timestamped 2002-12-24. I will try out 1.8.1 from the ftp repository you pointed out. Thanks again. Best regards Nikolai Krot ts wrote: >>>>>>"N" == Nikolai Krot <fake_address / microsoft.com> writes: >>>>>> > > N> ruby 1.8.0 (2002-12-24) [i686-linux] > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > What is this version ? From ftp.ruby-lang.org >