Ruby

E17647

dynamic programming language object-oriented programming language programming language

Ruby is a dynamic, object-oriented programming language known for its elegant syntax and its use in the Ruby on Rails web framework.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Ruby canonical	98
Ruby programming language	12
CRuby	4
Ruby 2.x	2
Perl	1
Ruby (via Rubinius, MRuby variants)	1
Ruby 1.8	1
Ruby 1.9	1
Ruby 3.x	1
Ruby core team	1
Ruby for Rails	1
Ruby language ecosystem	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T148079 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ruby
Context triple: [Python, influenced, Ruby]

A. Python
Python is a high-level, versatile programming language widely used for data analysis, machine learning, web development, and automation.
B. Java
Java is a large, densely populated island in Indonesia that has long served as the country’s political and economic center.
C. Java
Java is a widely used, object-oriented programming language known for its platform independence and extensive use in enterprise, web, and mobile application development.
D. Ada (programming language)
Ada is a statically typed, high-level programming language designed with strong support for reliability, safety, and real-time systems, widely used in mission-critical and embedded applications such as aerospace and defense.
E. JavaScript
JavaScript is a high-level, dynamic programming language primarily used to create interactive and dynamic content on web pages.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ruby
Target entity description: Ruby is a dynamic, object-oriented programming language known for its elegant syntax and its use in the Ruby on Rails web framework.

A. Python
Python is a high-level, versatile programming language widely used for data analysis, machine learning, web development, and automation.
B. Java
Java is a large, densely populated island in Indonesia that has long served as the country’s political and economic center.
C. Java
Java is a widely used, object-oriented programming language known for its platform independence and extensive use in enterprise, web, and mobile application development.
D. Ada (programming language)
Ada is a statically typed, high-level programming language designed with strong support for reliability, safety, and real-time systems, widely used in mission-critical and embedded applications such as aerospace and defense.
E. JavaScript
JavaScript is a high-level, dynamic programming language primarily used to create interactive and dynamic content on web pages.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	dynamic programming language ⓘ object-oriented programming language ⓘ programming language ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Taro ⓘ surface form: Matz
defaultInterpreterWrittenIn	C ⓘ
designedBy	Yukihiro Matsumoto ⓘ
designGoal	developer happiness ⓘ productivity ⓘ
fileExtension	.rb ⓘ
firstAppeared	1995 ⓘ
hasBuildTool	Rake ⓘ
hasMajorImplementation	Ruby self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: CRuby JRuby ⓘ MRI ⓘ Rubinius ⓘ TruffleRuby ⓘ mruby ⓘ
hasPackageManager	RubyGems ⓘ
hasTestFramework	Minitest ⓘ RSpec ⓘ
hasVersionManager	RVM ⓘ chruby ⓘ rbenv ⓘ
hasWebFramework	Hanami ⓘ Ruby on Rails ⓘ Sinatra ⓘ
influenced	CoffeeScript ⓘ Crystal ⓘ Elixir ⓘ Groovy ⓘ
influencedBy	Ada (programming language) ⓘ surface form: Ada Eiffel ⓘ Lisp programming language ⓘ surface form: Lisp Perl ⓘ Smalltalk ⓘ
license	BSD-style license ⓘ Ruby License ⓘ
notableUse	DevOps tooling ⓘ automation ⓘ prototyping ⓘ scripting ⓘ web development ⓘ
paradigm	functional ⓘ imperative ⓘ object-oriented ⓘ reflective ⓘ
runsOn	multiple platforms ⓘ
standardImplementation	MRI ⓘ
supports	blocks ⓘ closures ⓘ exceptions ⓘ garbage collection ⓘ metaprogramming ⓘ mixins ⓘ
syntaxCharacteristic	elegant syntax ⓘ
typingDiscipline	duck typing ⓘ dynamic typing ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (124)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Python → influenced → Ruby ⓘ

macOS → supportsProgrammingLanguage → Ruby ⓘ

C → influenced → Ruby ⓘ

this entity surface form: Perl

GNU Emacs → supportsLanguage → Ruby ⓘ

Codex → supportsLanguage → Ruby ⓘ

Ruby → hasMajorImplementation → Ruby self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: CRuby

Julia → influencedBy → Ruby ⓘ

Swift → influencedBy → Ruby ⓘ

subject surface form: Swift (programming language)

CoffeeScript → influencedBy → Ruby ⓘ

GitHub Copilot → programmingLanguageSupport → Ruby ⓘ

Chris Wanstrath → programmingLanguageUsed → Ruby ⓘ

Google Cloud → supportsProgrammingLanguage → Ruby ⓘ

JSON → parsedBy → Ruby ⓘ

Homebrew → programmingLanguage → Ruby ⓘ

Homebrew → usesLanguage → Ruby ⓘ

Yukihiro Matsumoto → notableWork → Ruby ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ruby programming language

Yukihiro Matsumoto → designed → Ruby ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ruby programming language

Yukihiro Matsumoto → created → Ruby ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ruby programming language

Yukihiro Matsumoto → startedProject → Ruby ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ruby programming language

Yukihiro Matsumoto → programmingLanguage → Ruby ⓘ

LLVM → supportsLanguageFrontend → Ruby ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ruby (via Rubinius, MRuby variants)

Smalltalk → influenced → Ruby ⓘ

Spacemacs → supportsProgrammingLanguage → Ruby ⓘ

Ruby Rose → givenName → Ruby ⓘ

Maven → supportsLanguage → Ruby ⓘ

subject surface form: Apache Maven

Eclipse IDE → supportsLanguage → Ruby ⓘ

Groovy → influencedBy → Ruby ⓘ

uWSGI → supportsLanguage → Ruby ⓘ

OpenAI Codex API → supportsLanguage → Ruby ⓘ

Sinatra → programmingLanguage → Ruby ⓘ

Sinatra → implementationLanguage → Ruby ⓘ

David A. Black → programmingLanguage → Ruby ⓘ

David A. Black → notableWork → Ruby ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ruby for Rails

David A. Black → areaOfExpertise → Ruby ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ruby programming language

Perl → influenced → Ruby ⓘ

MRI → implementsLanguage → Ruby ⓘ

MRI → maintainer → Ruby ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ruby core team

MRI → partOf → Ruby ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ruby language ecosystem

MRI → referenceImplementationOf → Ruby ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ruby programming language

MRI → distribution → Ruby ⓘ

this entity surface form: CRuby

MRI → supportsVersion → Ruby ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ruby 3.x

MRI → supportsVersion → Ruby ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ruby 2.x

MRI → introducedYARVInVersion → Ruby ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ruby 1.9

JRuby → programmingLanguage → Ruby ⓘ

JRuby → supports → Ruby ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ruby programming language

JRuby → writtenIn → Ruby ⓘ

JRuby → supportsVersion → Ruby ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ruby 1.8

JRuby → supportsVersion → Ruby ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ruby 2.x

TruffleRuby → programmingLanguage → Ruby ⓘ

TruffleRuby → implementsLanguage → Ruby ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ruby programming language

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Referenced by (124)

How this entity was disambiguated

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