What is Ruby

Ruby is an Object Oriented Programming Language

With ...

• A simple, consistent syntax
• Dynamic Type System
• Blocks, closures and continuations
• Regular Expressions
• Metaclasses and Introspection
• Cross Platform Support
  • Runs on Windows, Linux, Macs, Unix, and BeOS
• Garbage collected memory management
• An interactive environment
• Singleton Objects

Ruby is designed by Matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)

• Strong following in Japan (more popular than Python there)
• Only recently gaining popularity in the Western World
  • Even more so now that English documentation and books are widely available.

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