# \[ANN\] MemCache 0.0.1

**URL:** https://rubytalk.org/t/ann-memcache-0-0-1/14798
**Category:** ruby-talk
**Created:** [14 November 2004 21:03 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ann-memcache-0-0-1/14798 "2004-11-14T21:03:10Z")
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### Author: ![Michael\_Granger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@Michael\_Granger](https://rubytalk.org/u/Michael_Granger)
#### Post date: [14 November 2004 21:03 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ann-memcache-0-0-1/14798/1 "2004-11-14T21:03:10Z")

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Hi fellow Rubyists.

I'm happy to announce the initial release of a Ruby client library for memcached, a high-performance distributed memory cache.

Memcached is used to alleviate database load by caching oft-used values in network-accessible memory space, and is used behind several high-traffic dynamic web sites like LiveJournal, Slashdot, WikiPedia, and others.

You can find out more about memcached here:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[http://www.danga.com/memcached/](http://www.danga.com/memcached/)

You can find more information about the Ruby client library at the project page:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[http://www.deveiate.org/code/Ruby-MemCache.html](http://www.deveiate.org/code/Ruby-MemCache.html)

or download it directly:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[http://www.deveiate.org/code/Ruby-MemCache-0.0.1.tar.gz](http://www.deveiate.org/code/Ruby-MemCache-0.0.1.tar.gz)  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[http://www.deveiate.org/code/Ruby-MemCache-0.0.1.gem](http://www.deveiate.org/code/Ruby-MemCache-0.0.1.gem)

Comments, questions, and suggestions welcomed.

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> Michael Granger \<[ged@FaerieMUD.org](mailto:ged@FaerieMUD.org)\>  
> Rubymage, Believer, Architect  
> The FaerieMUD Consortium \<[http://www.FaerieMUD.org/](http://www.FaerieMUD.org/)\>  
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