Ruby is a general-purpose, multi-paradigm programming language designed by Yukihiro Matsumoto, with development beginning in the mid-1990s in Japan. It emphasizes programmer productivity and simplicity, with an object-oriented foundation in which every value, including primitives, is an object. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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First Released ParadigmMulti-paradigm: functional, imperative, object-oriented, reflective. 1 SignificanceRuby's design philosophy prioritizes human needs over machine optimization. According to its creator, Ruby was influenced by Perl, Smalltalk, Eiffel, Ada, BASIC and Lisp. 1 Ruby
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Padrino, Frameworks Verified en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padrino_(web_framework): "Padrino is a free and open-source web framework, written in Ruby and based on Sinatra."
Ruby on Rails is a server-side web application framework written in Ruby.
Sinatra is written in Ruby.
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Development of the language began in the mid-1990s by Yukihiro 'Matz' Matsumoto in Japan.
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According to the creator, Ruby was influenced by Perl, Smalltalk, Eiffel, Ada, BASIC, and Lisp.
- Invented By: Yukihiro Matsumoto
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