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Ruby

Object-Oriented Language

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/

Facts
First Released
1995 1
Paradigm
Multi-paradigm: functional, imperative, object-oriented, reflective. 1
Significance
Ruby'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
Connections

Base Language For

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, Frameworks

Ruby on Rails is a server-side web application framework written in Ruby.

Sinatra, Frameworks

Sinatra is written in Ruby.

Follows Typing Discipline

Dynamic Typing, Concepts
Source Wikipedia: Ruby (programming language)

In Field

Software Engineering, Fields
Source Wikipedia: Ruby (programming language)

Influenced

CoffeeScript, Programming Languages
Source CoffeeScript (Wikipedia)
Crystal, Programming Languages

"With syntax inspired by the language Ruby, it is a compiled language with static type-checking..." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_(programming_language)

Influenced By

Lisp, Programming Languages
Source Wikipedia: Ruby (programming language)
Perl, Programming Languages
Source Wikipedia: Ruby (programming language)
Smalltalk, Programming Languages
Source Wikipedia: Ruby (programming language)

Invented By

Yukihiro Matsumoto, Pioneers
Source Wikipedia: Ruby (programming language)

Licensed Under

BSD 2-Clause License, Concepts
Source ruby-lang.org: The Ruby License
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Ruby (programming language)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    Development of the language began in the mid-1990s by Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto in Japan.
  • Infobox / History
  • Infobox: paradigm
    Multi-paradigm: functional, imperative, object-oriented, reflective
  • Semantics and philosophy section
    According to the creator, Ruby was influenced by Perl, Smalltalk, Eiffel, Ada, BASIC, and Lisp.
  • Invented By: Yukihiro Matsumoto
  • In Field: Software Engineering
  • Follows Typing Discipline: Dynamic Typing, Lead
    Ruby is interpreted, high-level, and dynamically typed; its interpreter uses garbage collection and just-in-time compilation.
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Wikidata: Ruby
Wikidata Q161053, label and description confirmed against the entity (w-fix-wikititles2-1002)View the Source
CoffeeScript (Wikipedia)
Influenced: CoffeeScript, Introduction
Quote, Influenced: CoffeeScript, Introduction
It adds syntactic sugar inspired by Ruby, Python, and Haskell in an effort to enhance JavaScript's brevity and readability.
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ruby-lang.org: The Ruby License
ruby-lang.orgLicensed Under: BSD 2-Clause License, License text, first paragraph
Quote, Licensed Under: BSD 2-Clause License, License text, first paragraph
You can redistribute it and/or modify it under either the terms of the 2-clause BSDL (see the file BSDL)
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