Making use of Ruby

Suresh Mahadevan9780471219729, 047121972X

Ruby is an interpreted language, capable of saving programmers considerable time during program development since no compilation and linking are necessary. It is ideal for writing text-processing applications, server-side scripts, application prototypes, mathematics, and for many everyday programming tasks.* Reviews Ruby’s clever syntax and demonstrates why that makes it a perfect choice for beginning programmers, and also shows how its multipurpose capabilities make it a sound choice for experienced developers* Explores Ruby’s uses for prototyping, text processing, and other tasks