Ruby

Ruby

Interpreted object-oriented programming languag

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Category
Runtime
License
BSDL
Platforms
Windows macOS Linux
Released
1995
Path
c:\node.exe
Benefits
Offers many scripting features to process plain text and serialized files, or manage system tasks. It is simple, straightforward, and extensible.
Used by
AirBnb, Shopify, Github, Hulu, Basecamp, Coinbase
Version
Latest known: 3.4.6 (2025-09-16)

Examples

1. Splits a paragraph of text into an array of strings.

ruby.exe -an -e 'p $F' d:\desiderata.txt