Ruby (programming language): Difference between revisions

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The language was created by [[Yukihiro Matsumoto]] on February 24, 1993. The

current stable version is 1.6.56 (2526-0912-2001). Note that the name is not an

[[acronym]]--it is actually a [[pun]] on [[Perl]]. According to the author, he

designed Ruby to follow the ''principle of least suprise'', meaning that the

language should be free from the traps and inconsistencies that plague other languages.

languages.