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Old 02-16-2007, 07:58 AM
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What is ruby? I have heard of most of the other languages, but never ruby... Please do tell me what it is and where can I download it.
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Old 02-16-2007, 08:38 AM
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Ruby is similar to python. The features are almost identical, but ruby follows a C style syntax rather than indents of python. You can download it at http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/.
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Old 02-16-2007, 09:03 AM
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Ic, alright thank you for the link. I will look into it more!
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Old 02-17-2007, 08:54 AM
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if you are keen on more info about its origins and such you can't go past the wikipedia page on it found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_%2...ng_language%29

Hope that helps a little bit atleast!
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Old 02-19-2007, 02:57 AM
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Check the defination of RUBY from their main site.

http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/20020101.html

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Ruby is the interpreted scripting language for quick and easy object-oriented programming. It has many features to process text files and to do system management tasks (as in Perl). It is simple, straight-forward, extensible, and portable.

Oh, I need to mention, it's totally free, which means not only free of charge, but also freedom to use, copy, modify, and distribute it.
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Old 02-20-2007, 01:32 PM
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Thanks for the links!
I was reading some webmaster forum posts when I found out Ruby was a new and free to use programming language. I'm now reading the information you provided above.
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Old 02-23-2007, 05:45 AM
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We can use the ruby ( Language ) on rails ( Framework ), rails is open source programe.
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Old 03-13-2007, 12:43 AM
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Ruby is a dynamic, reflective, general purpose object-oriented programming language that combines syntax inspired by Perl with Smalltalk-like features. Ruby originated in Japan during the mid-1990s and was initially developed and designed by Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto.Ruby supports multiple programming paradigms, including functional, object oriented, imperative and reflection. It also has a dynamic type system and automatic memory management; it is therefore similar in varying respects to Python, Perl, Lisp, Dylan, and CLU.
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Old 09-25-2008, 12:58 AM
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I agree with all of you. Thier official site contain nothing. they have only shows their best things. tell me about some adv and dis of ruby. where it used? why we use?

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Old 09-25-2008, 03:22 AM
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Ruby is the interpreted scripting language for quick and easy object-oriented programming. It has many features to process text files and to do system management tasks (as in Perl). It is simple, straight-forward, extensible, and portable.
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Old 10-11-2008, 03:37 AM
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Ruby is "an interpreted scripting language for quick and easy object-oriented programming"

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Ruby is a pure object-oriented language — everything is an object. In contrast, languages such as C++ and Java are hybrid languages that divide the world between objects and primitive types. The hybrid approach results in better performance for some applications, but the pure object-oriented approach is more consistent and simpler to use.

Features
  • Ruby is free, also for commercial applications
  • Many existing libraries make programming easy
  • Ruby is permanently developed, without loosing backward-compatibility
  • There are interfaces to Python, Perl and Java. Thus existing programs can be reused.
  • Many important data-structures are available (such as dynamic arrays (lists), strings, bignum, complex, ....)
  • Easy to extend through C/C++ with dynamic (DLL's) or static binding.
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