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diff --git a/lang/ruby16/pkg-descr b/lang/ruby16/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..9a1f84086df4 --- /dev/null +++ b/lang/ruby16/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +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 is shown below. + + + 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) + +The ruby home page is at http://www.netlab.co.jp/ruby/. |