sdesc: "Interpreted object-oriented scripting language" ldesc: "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 + Simple Syntax + *Normal* Object-Oriented features (e.g., class, method calls) + *Advanced* Object-Oriented features(e.g., 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, and on DOS, Windows, Mac, BeOS, etc.)" category: Interpreters Devel requires: cygwin