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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 enjoys a large number of libraries and users.

It is based on Perl, Smalltalk, Eiffel, Ada, and Lisp.
Ruby supports multiple programming paradigms, including functional, object oriented, imperative and reflective. 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.

Ruby is often compared to Python, Ruby is used for CLI, GUI Programs and also Web Applications, popular MVC Web framework "Ruby on Rails" is developed in Ruby.

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Comment • almost 11 years ago • 0 replies

This is by far my favorite scripting language. It's so easy yet very powerfull.

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Ruby has very simple syntax, in my oponion ruby is the best programming language

Positive comment • almost 4 years ago • as an alternative to Python

Good selection of libraries, easy-to-read syntax, and multiple ways to do most operations

Positive comment • almost 3 years ago • as an alternative to FreeBASIC

RunnerPack The Ruby language is even easier to read and write than BASIC, and there is a wide variety of add-on libraries in the form of "gems" that are easy to install and use on any major platform.

Positive comment • over 3 years ago • as an alternative to FreeBASIC