Ruby programming language
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Ruby is a high-level, dynamically typed, object-oriented programming language designed for programmer happiness and productivity, widely known for its elegant syntax and use in web development through the Ruby on Rails framework.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ruby programming language canonical | 10 |
| Ruby language specification | 1 |
| Ruby standard library | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Ruby programming language Context triple: [Yukihiro Matsumoto, knownFor, Ruby programming language]
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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.
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Ruby
Ruby is a character in John Grisham’s legal thriller "The Street Lawyer," playing a role in the novel’s exploration of homelessness, justice, and moral responsibility.
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C.
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.
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Ruby
Ruby is a central character in August Wilson’s play "King Hedley II," depicted as a complex, resilient woman whose past choices and strained family relationships drive much of the drama’s emotional conflict.
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E.
Ruby
Ruby is a translucent deep-red color used as one of the signature case options for Apple’s original iMac G3 computers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Ruby programming language Target entity description: Ruby is a high-level, dynamically typed, object-oriented programming language designed for programmer happiness and productivity, widely known for its elegant syntax and use in web development through the Ruby on Rails framework.
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A.
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.
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B.
Ruby
Ruby is a character in John Grisham’s legal thriller "The Street Lawyer," playing a role in the novel’s exploration of homelessness, justice, and moral responsibility.
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C.
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.
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D.
Ruby
Ruby is a central character in August Wilson’s play "King Hedley II," depicted as a complex, resilient woman whose past choices and strained family relationships drive much of the drama’s emotional conflict.
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E.
Ruby
Ruby is a translucent deep-red color used as one of the signature case options for Apple’s original iMac G3 computers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (95)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ruby implementation
ⓘ
high-level programming language ⓘ object-oriented programming language ⓘ programming language ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Matz’s Ruby Interpreter
ⓘ
linked to:
Matz's Ruby Interpreter
Matz’s Ruby Interpreter language ⓘ |
| buildTool | Rake ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| defaultEncoding | UTF-8 ⓘ |
| designedBy | Yukihiro Matsumoto ⓘ |
| designGoal |
productivity
ⓘ
programmer happiness ⓘ |
| fileExtension |
.rb
ⓘ
.ruby ⓘ |
| firstAppeared | 1995 ⓘ |
| garbageCollector | mark-and-sweep GC ⓘ |
| governingBody | Ruby Association ⓘ |
| hasCommunityEvent |
RailsConf
ⓘ
RubyConf ⓘ RubyKaigi ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
dynamic method definition
ⓘ
embedded documentation (RDoc) ⓘ everything is an object ⓘ garbage-collected heap ⓘ iterators ⓘ keyword arguments ⓘ metaclasses ⓘ open classes ⓘ operator overloading ⓘ regular expression literals ⓘ string interpolation ⓘ symbol type ⓘ |
| hasImplementation |
JRuby
ⓘ
MRI ⓘ Rubinius ⓘ TruffleRuby ⓘ mruby ⓘ |
| hasTooling |
Bundler
ⓘ
RDoc ⓘ RubyMine ⓘ Solargraph ⓘ |
| influenced |
CoffeeScript
ⓘ
Crystal ⓘ Elixir ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Ada
ⓘ
Eiffel ⓘ Lisp ⓘ
linked to:
Lisp programming language
Perl ⓘ Smalltalk ⓘ |
| latestMajorVersionFamily | 3.x ⓘ |
| license |
2-clause BSD License
ⓘ
linked to:
BSD license
Ruby License ⓘ |
| notableUse |
Basecamp (web app)
ⓘ
linked to:
Basecamp
GitHub (early stack) ⓘ Shopify (core platform) ⓘ
linked to:
Shopify
|
| packageManager | RubyGems ⓘ |
| paradigm |
functional
ⓘ
imperative ⓘ object-oriented ⓘ reflective ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
DevOps tooling
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automation ⓘ prototyping ⓘ scripting ⓘ web development ⓘ |
| runsOn |
GraalVM
ⓘ
linked to:
Oracle GraalVM
Java Virtual Machine ⓘ Linux ⓘ Unix-like systems ⓘ Windows ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| standardImplementation | MRI ⓘ |
| standardLibraryIncludes |
CSV
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JSON ⓘ Logger ⓘ Net::HTTP ⓘ OpenSSL ⓘ YAML ⓘ |
| supports |
Unicode
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blocks ⓘ closures ⓘ exception handling ⓘ garbage collection ⓘ metaprogramming ⓘ mixins ⓘ modules ⓘ threads ⓘ |
| syntaxCharacteristic |
English-like syntax
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minimal punctuation ⓘ |
| typingDiscipline |
duck typing
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dynamic typing ⓘ |
| usedWithFramework |
Hanami
ⓘ
Padrino ⓘ Ruby on Rails ⓘ Sinatra ⓘ |
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Subject: Ruby programming language Description of subject: Ruby is a high-level, dynamically typed, object-oriented programming language designed for programmer happiness and productivity, widely known for its elegant syntax and use in web development through the Ruby on Rails framework.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.