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Computing Atlas. "Ruby." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-computing.interactiveatlas.org/languages/ruby.

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Computing Atlas. (n.d.). Ruby. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-computing.interactiveatlas.org/languages/ruby

BibTeX

@misc{computingatlas-ruby,
  author = {Computing Atlas},
  title = {Ruby},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-computing.interactiveatlas.org/languages/ruby},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Ruby is a general-purpose, multi-paradigm programming language designed by Yukihiro Matsumoto, with development beginning in the mid-1990s in Japan. It emphasizes programmer productivity and simplicity, with an object-oriented foundation in which every value, including primitives, is an object.

Facts

First Released

1995 1

Paradigm

Multi-paradigm: functional, imperative, object-oriented, reflective. 1

Significance

Ruby's design philosophy prioritizes human needs over machine optimization. According to its creator, Ruby was influenced by Perl, Smalltalk, Eiffel, Ada, BASIC and Lisp. 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

In Field

Software Engineering

Source Wikipedia: Ruby (programming language)

Influenced By

Source Wikipedia: Ruby (programming language)

Source Wikipedia: Ruby (programming language)

Source Wikipedia: Ruby (programming language)

Invented By

Yukihiro Matsumoto

Source Wikipedia: Ruby (programming language)

Sources

1. Wikipedia: Ruby (programming language)

Wikimedia FoundationHistory section

Quote, History section

Development of the language began in the mid-1990s by Yukihiro 'Matz' Matsumoto in Japan.

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1. Wikipedia: Ruby (programming language)

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Quote, Semantics and philosophy section

According to the creator, Ruby was influenced by Perl, Smalltalk, Eiffel, Ada, BASIC, and Lisp.

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