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diff --git a/lang/ruby-base/DESCR b/lang/ruby-base/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..0c65b55b9be --- /dev/null +++ b/lang/ruby-base/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +Ruby is the interpreted scripting language for quick and +easy object-oriented programming. It has many features to +process text files and to do system management tasks (as in +Perl). It is simple, straight-forward, and extensible. + +Features of Ruby are shown below. + + + Simple Syntax + + *Normal* Object-Oriented features (ex. class, method calls) + + *Advanced* Object-Oriented features (ex. Mix-in, Singleton-method) + + Operator Overloading + + Exception Handling + + Iterators and Closures + + Garbage Collection + + Dynamic Loading of Object files (on some architecture) + + Highly Portable (works on many UNIX machines, and on DOS, + Windows, Mac, BeOS etc.) + +Author: Matsumoto "matz" Yukihiro <matz@netlab.co.jp> |