Ruby is a multi-paradigm, reflective, multi-purpose programming language that was developed in 1995 in Japan. Ruby is a very popular programming language that was inspired by immensely popular languages such as C++, Perl and Python. Ruby works on a number of different Operating Systems, including Apple Mac, Microsoft Windows and Linux. It has had a number of editions over the years (which includes a number of fixes and library updates).
Ruby has been used to create a number of different programs and applications and has a wide range of uses and potential. Ruby includes duck typing and dynamic typing, default arguments, garbage collection, operator overloading, first class continuations and many more features. It also includes support fort Unicode, multiple character encodings, rational numbers, complex numbers and much more. Ruby is an object oriented language, which means that every value used within the Ruby program is classed as an object.
Ruby is a good starting language for keen programmers to learn as it is supposed to be easier to use than many of the other languages and creates minimal confusions.
