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key: pl/ruby
kind: plang
name: "Ruby"
url: https://plangs.page/ruby
---

# Ruby

> Interpreted, high-level language focused on productivity and simplicity.

An interpreted, high-level, general-purpose programming language. It was designed with an emphasis on programming productivity and simplicity. In Ruby, everything is an object, including primitive data types. It was developed in the mid-1990s by Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto in Japan.

## Facts

- Appeared: 1995
- Homepage: https://www.ruby-lang.org/
- GitHub: https://github.com/ruby/ruby
- Languish ranking: #28

## Relationships

### Paradigms

- [DSL](https://plangs.page/paradigm/dsl)
- [Functional](https://plangs.page/paradigm/functional)
- [General-Purpose](https://plangs.page/paradigm/general-purpose)
- [Imperative](https://plangs.page/paradigm/imperative)
- [Multi](https://plangs.page/paradigm/multi)
- [Object-Oriented](https://plangs.page/paradigm/oop)
- [Reflective](https://plangs.page/paradigm/reflective)
- [Scripting](https://plangs.page/paradigm/scripting)

### Platforms

- [Android](https://plangs.page/platform/android)
- [Apple](https://plangs.page/platform/apple)
- [Cross-Platform](https://plangs.page/platform/cross)
- [Linux](https://plangs.page/platform/linux)
- [Windows](https://plangs.page/platform/windows)

### Type Systems

- [Duck](https://plangs.page/type-system/duck)
- [Dynamic](https://plangs.page/type-system/dynamic)
- [Object-Oriented](https://plangs.page/type-system/object)
- [Strong](https://plangs.page/type-system/strong)

### Target Of

- [Fantom](https://plangs.page/fantom)
- [Protocol Buffer](https://plangs.page/protocol-buffer)

### Implemented By

- [GraalVM](https://plangs.page/graalvm)
- [JRuby](https://plangs.page/jruby)
- [mruby](https://plangs.page/mruby)

### Influenced By

- [BASIC](https://plangs.page/basic)
- [C++](https://plangs.page/c++)
- [Eiffel](https://plangs.page/eiffel)
- [Lisp](https://plangs.page/lisp)
- [Lua](https://plangs.page/lua)
- [MoonScript](https://plangs.page/moonscript)
- [Perl](https://plangs.page/perl)
- [Python](https://plangs.page/python)
- [R5RS](https://plangs.page/r5rs)
- [Scheme](https://plangs.page/scheme)
- [Smalltalk](https://plangs.page/smalltalk)

### Influenced

- [Clojure](https://plangs.page/clojure)
- [CoffeeScript](https://plangs.page/coffeescript)
- [Crystal](https://plangs.page/crystal)
- [D](https://plangs.page/d)
- [Dart](https://plangs.page/dart)
- [Elixir](https://plangs.page/elixir)
- [Fantom](https://plangs.page/fantom)
- [Groovy](https://plangs.page/groovy)
- [Hackety Hack](https://plangs.page/hackety-hack)
- [JRuby](https://plangs.page/jruby)
- [Julia](https://plangs.page/julia)
- [mruby](https://plangs.page/mruby)
- [Raku](https://plangs.page/raku)
- [Rust](https://plangs.page/rust)
- [Swift](https://plangs.page/swift)

### Written With

- [C](https://plangs.page/c)

### Used to Write

- [CodeMonkey](https://plangs.page/codemonkey)
- [Hackety Hack](https://plangs.page/hackety-hack)
- [Sass](https://plangs.page/sass)

### Licenses

- [BSD](https://plangs.page/license/bsd)
- [MIT](https://plangs.page/license/mit)

### Tags

- [Application](https://plangs.page/tag/app)
- [Application Framework](https://plangs.page/tag/framework)
- [Compiler](https://plangs.page/tag/compiler)
- [Control](https://plangs.page/tag/control)
- [Data Analysis](https://plangs.page/tag/analysis)
- [GUI](https://plangs.page/tag/gui)
- [Industrial Control](https://plangs.page/tag/industrial)
- [Interpreter](https://plangs.page/tag/interpreters)
- [Scripting](https://plangs.page/tag/scripting)
- [Visualization](https://plangs.page/tag/viz)