Yet another scripting language.
Author: Yukihiro “matz” Matsumoto Homepage: http://www.ruby-lang.org Family: ScriptLanguage Platform: Windows, Linux, Mac OS/X, Solaris License: Open source
"Ruby is a language of careful balance. Its creator, Yukihiro “matz” Matsumoto, blended parts of his favorite languages (Perl, Smalltalk, Eiffel, Ada, and Lisp) to form a new language that balanced functional programming with imperative programming.
He has often said that he is “trying to make Ruby natural, not simple,” in a way that mirrors life.
Building on this, he adds:
This one looks a lot like a combination of Perl and Smalltalk.
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Various editors have been written in Ruby. See the RubyEditorFamily