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Ruby In A Nutshell

By Yukihiro Matsumoto , David L. Reynolds

Book information

Publisher
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Year
2001
ISBN
0596002149, 9780596002145
ASIN
B00007GW3Y
Open Library ID
OL3583399M
Language
english
Format
CHM
Filesize
296 kB (303132 bytes)
Edition
1st
Pages
218\0
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04

Description

Ruby is an absolutely pure object-oriented scripting language written in C and designed with Perl and Python capabilities in mind. While its roots are in Japan, Ruby is slowly but surely gaining ground in the U.S. The goal of Yukihiro Matsumoto, creator of Ruby and author of this book, is to incorporate the strengths of other languages like Perl, Python, Lisp, and Smalltalk. Ruby in a Nutshell is a practical reference guide to the features of Ruby, including the command line options, syntax, built- in variables, functions, and many commonly used classes and modules. The book covers the current stable version of Ruby (1.6), yet is applicable to the development version 1.7 and the next planned stable version 1.8. The Ruby language syntax is thoroughly discussed, along with the core functionality built into the standard Ruby interpreter, the built-in library, and the tools that come with Ruby, including the debugger, profiler, and irb (or interactive ruby.)

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