The first version (v0.9) of the ruby API to the Ensembl core database
has been released, similar to the interface available for perl. This API
is linked to the underlying mysql database and attempts to copy the
functionality of the full-blown perl API. This includes slices,
projections and transformations. A tutorial for the API is available at
the homepage.

It's been tested quite a bit, and hopefully contains not too many bugs.
If you find any: let us know.

Thanks go to the Ensembl core team for their help.

http://bioruby-annex.rubyforge.org/
http://saaientist.blogspot.com/2007/08/ruby-api-to-ensembl-database.html