rubygems - What is a Ruby gem? - Stack Overflow
Aug 30, 2016 · According to RubyGems Wiki - RubyGems is a package manager for the Ruby programming language that provides a standard format for distributing Ruby programs and libraries …
How do I create a ruby Hello world? - Stack Overflow
Apr 1, 2009 · I know the question was talking about Ruby, but I think you meant rails (which is what it was tagged as). Rails is a web framework that uses the ruby programming language.
Is Ruby a scripting language or an interpreted language?
Sep 2, 2011 · So is Ruby interpreted or compiled? Neither term is meaningful unless you define it ;) But back to the question: "Scripting language" isn't a property of the language either, it depends on how …
Is Ruby a functional language? - Stack Overflow
Oct 1, 2008 · 62 Whether a language is or is not a functional language is unimportant. Functional Programming is a thesis, best explained by Philip Wadler (The Essence of Functional Programming) …
syntax - What is Ruby's double-colon `::`? - Stack Overflow
As Matz delineates in his book, 'The Ruby Programming Language', constant lookup has multiple steps. First, it searches a constant in the lexical scope where the constant is referenced. If it does not find …
Why do people say that Ruby is slow? - Stack Overflow
Ruby provides the glue and the business logic. What are your options as a Ruby programmer if you want to deal with this "slowness"? Switch to a faster language. But that carries a cost. It is a cost that …
What does &. (ampersand dot) mean in Ruby? - Stack Overflow
Apr 23, 2016 · In Ruby, like in most mainstream programming languages, user code cannot modify the fundamental workings of the programming languages, nor can it change the programming language's …
How to understand nil vs. empty vs. blank in Ruby
57 One difference is that .nil? and .empty? are methods that are provided by the programming language Ruby, whereas .blank? is something added by the web development framework Rails.
Is Ruby a pure object oriented programming language even though it ...
Jul 16, 2013 · The definition of "Object-Oriented" is pretty loose, but revolves around the idea of objects having methods and properties. The inheritance component is somewhat secondary and can be …
ruby - What does it mean for a language to be ‘interpreted’? - Stack ...
May 13, 2010 · I'll just be mean now and say that just about EVERY programming language is interpreted, whether it's a software (Ruby, Python, Java) or a hardware (C, C++) interpreter :) For a …