# How Old is Ruby

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-old-is-ruby/79538>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [December 16, 2006, 4:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-old-is-ruby/79538 "2006-12-16T04:01:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![i039345](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/ee59a6/32.png) [@i039345](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/i039345)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2006, 4:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-old-is-ruby/79538/1 "2006-12-16T04:01:05Z")

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Hi guys

I am bit curious to know how did ruby come in to existense . Woulds be  
great  
if somebody could provide some history about this

Thnks in advance  
rajesh k

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**Author:** ![i039345](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/ee59a6/32.png) [@i039345](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/i039345)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2006, 4:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-old-is-ruby/79538/2 "2006-12-16T04:25:07Z")

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On 12/15/06, i039345 [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Hi guys
> 
> I am bit curious to know how did ruby come in to existense . Woulds be great  
> if somebody could provide some history about this

[http://blog.nicksieger.com/articles/2006/10/20/rubyconf-history-of-ruby](http://blog.nicksieger.com/articles/2006/10/20/rubyconf-history-of-ruby)

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**Author:** ![i039345](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/ee59a6/32.png) [@i039345](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/i039345)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2006, 4:27am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-old-is-ruby/79538/3 "2006-12-16T04:27:09Z")

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On 12/15/06, i039345 [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Hi guys
> 
> I am bit curious to know how did ruby come in to existense . Woulds be  
> great  
> if somebody could provide some history about this

Ruby will be 14 years old in February of 2007. There was a talk on this  
subject at RubyConf this year, search around for “rubyconf ruby  
history”. I  
have some notes you can peruse:

[http://blog.nicksieger.com/articles/2006/10/20/rubyconf-history-of-ruby](http://blog.nicksieger.com/articles/2006/10/20/rubyconf-history-of-ruby)

Cheers,  
/Nick

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**Author:** ![i039345](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/ee59a6/32.png) [@i039345](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/i039345)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 6:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-old-is-ruby/79538/4 "2006-12-24T18:36:15Z")

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In article [elvmtd$dne$removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:elvmtd$dne$removed_email_address@domain.invalid), i039345 [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> Hi guys
> 
> I am bit curious to know how did ruby come in to existense . Woulds be great  
> if somebody could provide some history about this

As far as I can tell, this was the original announcement. I notice that  
it received no replies. 🙂

[http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.misc/msg/86d7c434e423fdf5](http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.misc/msg/86d7c434e423fdf5)

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**Author:** ![i039345](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/ee59a6/32.png) [@i039345](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/i039345)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 7:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-old-is-ruby/79538/5 "2006-12-24T19:02:19Z")

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Steven Paul wrote:

> it received no replies. 🙂  
> It received replies on the mailing list.

Gregory B. offered this:

On 12/15/06, i039345 [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Hi guys
> 
> I am bit curious to know how did ruby come in to existense . Woulds  
> be great  
> if somebody could provide some history about this

[http://blog.nicksieger.com/articles/2006/10/20/rubyconf-history-of-ruby](http://blog.nicksieger.com/articles/2006/10/20/rubyconf-history-of-ruby)

–  
James B.

“People want simple stories.”