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Rubinius is an implementation of the Ruby programming language.
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The Rubinius bytecode virtual machine is written in C++, incorporating
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LLVM to compile bytecode to machine code at runtime. The bytecode
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compiler and vast majority of the core classes are written in pure Ruby.
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To interact with the rest of the system, the VM provides primitives
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which can be attached to methods and invoked. Additionally, FFI provides
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a direct call path to most C functions.
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Rubinius uses a precise, compacting, generational garbage collector. It
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includes a compatible C-API for C extensions written for the standard
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Ruby interpreter (often referred to as MRI.Matz's Ruby Implementation).
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