RUBY

Ruby is "an interpreted scripting language for quick and easy object-oriented programming"

Ruby is "an interpreted scripting language for quick and easy
object-oriented programming" -- what does this mean?

interpreted scripting language:

• ability to make operating system calls directly


• powerful string operations and regular expressions


• immediate feedback during development

quick and easy:

• variable declarations are unnecessary


• variables are not typed


• syntax is simple and consistent


• memory management is automatic

object oriented programming:

• everything is an object


• classes, methods, inheritance, etc.


• singleton methods


• "mixin" functionality by module


• iterators and closures

multiple precision integers

convenient exception processing

dynamic loading

threading support

clipped from www.rubyist.net

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