freebsd-ports/lang/ruby16/pkg-descr
Thomas Gellekum 5d46da1acc Import ruby port. ruby is an object-oriented interpreted
scripting language.

PR:		4504
Submitted by:	Eiji-usagi-MATSUmoto <usagi@ruby.club.or.jp>
1997-09-11 09:45:58 +00:00

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Ruby is the interpreted scripting language for quick and
easy object-oriented programming. It has many features to
process text files and to do system management tasks (as in
perl). It is simple, straight-forward, and extensible.
Features of ruby is shown below.
+ Simple Syntax
+ *Normal* Object-Oriented features(ex. class, method calls)
+ *Advanced* Object-Oriented features(ex. Mix-in, Singleton-method)
+ Operator Overloading
+ Exception Handling
+ Iterators and Closures
+ Garbage Collection
+ Dynamic Loading of Object files(on some architecture)
+ Highly Portable(works on many UNIX machines)
The ruby home page is at http://www.netlab.co.jp/ruby/.