Matz's Ruby Interpreter
E440609
Ruby implementation
free and open-source software
programming language interpreter
reference implementation of Ruby
Matz's Ruby Interpreter is the original and most widely used reference implementation of the Ruby programming language, created by Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Matz's Ruby Interpreter canonical | 3 |
| Matz’s Ruby Interpreter | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4442273 — 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: Matz's Ruby Interpreter Context triple: [MRI, fullName, Matz's Ruby Interpreter]
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A.
Rubinius
Rubinius is an alternative Ruby implementation featuring a virtual machine and just-in-time compilation, designed for high performance and concurrency.
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B.
TruffleRuby
TruffleRuby is a high-performance implementation of the Ruby programming language built on the GraalVM platform, aiming to provide faster execution and improved tooling compatibility.
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C.
Matz
Matz is the nickname of Yukihiro Matsumoto, the Japanese software engineer best known as the creator of the Ruby programming language.
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D.
JRuby
JRuby is a high-performance implementation of the Ruby programming language that runs on the Java Virtual Machine and integrates with Java libraries.
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E.
Ruby
Ruby is the titular woman in the country song "Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town," known for contemplating leaving her disabled veteran husband for another man.
- 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: Matz's Ruby Interpreter Target entity description: Matz's Ruby Interpreter is the original and most widely used reference implementation of the Ruby programming language, created by Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto.
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A.
Rubinius
Rubinius is an alternative Ruby implementation featuring a virtual machine and just-in-time compilation, designed for high performance and concurrency.
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B.
TruffleRuby
TruffleRuby is a high-performance implementation of the Ruby programming language built on the GraalVM platform, aiming to provide faster execution and improved tooling compatibility.
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C.
Matz
Matz is the nickname of Yukihiro Matsumoto, the Japanese software engineer best known as the creator of the Ruby programming language.
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D.
JRuby
JRuby is a high-performance implementation of the Ruby programming language that runs on the Java Virtual Machine and integrates with Java libraries.
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E.
Ruby
Ruby is a character from the children's animated television series "Dot.," which follows a young tech-savvy girl and her friends as they explore the world using technology and curiosity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ruby implementation
ⓘ
free and open-source software ⓘ programming language interpreter ⓘ reference implementation of Ruby ⓘ |
| abbreviationMeaning | MRI stands for Matz's Ruby Interpreter ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
CRuby
ⓘ
MRI ⓘ |
| concurrencyModel | global interpreter lock ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| creator | Yukihiro Matsumoto ⓘ |
| defaultImplementationFor |
Ruby on Rails
ⓘ
many Ruby gems ⓘ |
| developer |
Ruby core team
ⓘ
Yukihiro Matsumoto ⓘ |
| distribution |
official Ruby releases from ruby-lang.org
ⓘ
standard Ruby distribution ⓘ |
| garbageCollection |
generational garbage collector
ⓘ
mark-and-sweep garbage collector ⓘ |
| implementationRole | reference implementation of the Ruby language specification ⓘ |
| implementsLanguage | Ruby ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Ada
ⓘ
Eiffel ⓘ Lisp ⓘ
linked to:
Lisp programming language
Perl ⓘ Smalltalk ⓘ |
| license |
2-clause BSD License
ⓘ
linked to:
BSD license
Ruby License ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
blocks and iterators
ⓘ
dynamic typing ⓘ everything is an object model ⓘ exception handling ⓘ metaprogramming support ⓘ mixins via modules ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Linux
ⓘ
Unix-like systems ⓘ Windows ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| popularity | most widely used Ruby implementation ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
general-purpose programming
ⓘ
scripting ⓘ web application development ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | C ⓘ |
| repository | https://github.com/ruby/ruby ⓘ |
| softwareModel | open source ⓘ |
| status | actively maintained ⓘ |
| supports |
JSON
ⓘ
RubyGems package manager ⓘ
linked to:
RubyGems
YAML ⓘ multithreading with green threads (historically) ⓘ native threads ⓘ |
| website | https://www.ruby-lang.org/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Matz's Ruby Interpreter Description of subject: Matz's Ruby Interpreter is the original and most widely used reference implementation of the Ruby programming language, created by Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.