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What is Ruby?

Ruby is a high-level, interpreted programming language known for its simplicity and elegance. Designed by Yukihiro 'Matz' Matsumoto in the mid-1990s, Ruby emphasizes human-friendly syntax while being powerful and flexible.

Key Features:

  • Dynamic and Object-Oriented
  • Garbage-collected
  • Readable and expressive syntax
  • Rich standard library
  • Widely used in web development (especially with Ruby on Rails)

Ruby is ideal for beginners as well as experienced developers who want to build maintainable and expressive code.

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