Ruby In A Nutshell

by Yukihiro Matsumoto

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Ruby is an absolutely pure object-oriented scripting language written in C and designed with Perl and Python capabilities in mind. While its roots are in Japan, Ruby is slowly but surely gaining ground in the US. The goal of Yukihiro Matsumoto, creator of Ruby and author of this book, is to incorporate the strengths of languages like Perl, Python, Lisp and Smalltalk. Ruby is a genuine attempt to combine the best of everything in the scripting world. Since 1993, Ruby mailing lists show more have been established, Web pages have formed, and a community has grown around it. The language show less

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Technology, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
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005.13Computer science, information & general worksComputer science, knowledge & systemsArtificial Intelligence/Virtual RealitySoftware developmentComputer programming
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QA76.64 .M385ScienceMathematicsMathematicsInstruments and machinesCalculating machinesElectronic computers. Computer science
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