Ruby
AKA jruby, macruby, rake, rb, rbx
Summary
Ruby is a dynamic, object-oriented programming language designed for simplicity and productivity. It features elegant syntax, natural expression, and flexible metaprogramming capabilities.
Paradigms
object-oriented, imperative, functional, reflective
Domains
web development, server-side applications, scripting, automation, text processing
Key Features
first-class functions, closures, modules, mixins, reflection, meta-programming, string interpolation, destructuring, iterators/generators, lambdas, decorators/annotations
Typing
dynamic system, structural typing, strong typing, partial inference, runtime checking, moderate type coercion, optional type annotations
Compilation
interpreted, interpreted with JIT compilation
Influenced By
Perl, Smalltalk, Eiffel, Lisp, Python, CLU, C++, BASIC, Ada, Emacs, Lua, Dylan
Influenced
Sass, Julia, Swift, Groovy, Apache Groovy, Ring, Rust, Elixir, Mirah, Chaos, CoffeeScript, Crystal, D, Raku, Kotlin
Ratings
File extensions
rb, builder, eye, fcgi, gemspec, god, jbuilder, mspec, pluginspec, podspec, prawn, rabl, rake, rbi, rbuild, rbw, rbx, ru, ruby, spec, thor, watchr
External Links
| Status | active |
| Type | programming |
| Created | 1995 |
| Designed by | Yukihiro Matsumoto |
| Developed by | Ruby Community |
| PyPL Index | #17 |
| TIOBE Index | #24 |
| GitHub rank | #11 |