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+From the distribution README:
+
+* What's Ruby
+
+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
+
+  + 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)