Introduction

From RubySpec

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Contents 1 A brief description of Ruby 2 Purpose of this standard 3 Terminology and notation 4 What else goes here?

A brief description of Ruby

Ruby is an object-oriented, reflective, dynamic, single-pass interpreted programming language which combines syntax of many different languages.

Purpose of this standard

Ruby has never had a formalized standard, and many claim that it is poorly documented. A number of books are available, but inquiries about a standard have frequently come up on the ruby-talk mailing list. [1][2] These inquiries have grown as additional Ruby_Implementations are rising in prominence.[3]

Terminology and notation

The keywords "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in throughout this specification are to be interpreted as described in RFC2119.

What else goes here?

- Design Aims