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Invitation To Ruby
So ... 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 Japen (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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