# perchè "Ruby"?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/percha-ruby/125780>\
**Category:** IT\
**Created:** [January 12, 2008, 12:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/percha-ruby/125780 "2008-01-12T00:09:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![cartesio](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/73ab20/32.png) [@cartesio](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cartesio)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2008, 12:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/percha-ruby/125780/1 "2008-01-12T00:09:02Z")

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piccola curiosità :  
qualcuno è a conoscenza del motivo per cui Matz ha scelto come nome del  
suo linguaggio proprio “Ruby”?C’è un significato particolare legato alla  
parola rubino o altro?Qualche aneddoto in merito?

grazie

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**Author:** ![cartesio](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/73ab20/32.png) [@cartesio](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cartesio)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2008, 12:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/percha-ruby/125780/2 "2008-01-12T00:50:10Z")

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On Jan 12, 2008 12:09 AM, Marco T. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> piccola curiosità:  
> qualcuno è a conoscenza del motivo per cui Matz ha scelto come nome del  
> suo linguaggio proprio “Ruby”?C’è un significato particolare legato alla  
> parola rubino o altro?Qualche aneddoto in merito?

da wikipedia [Ruby (programming language) - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_(programming_language)) :  
The language was created by Yukihiro “Matz” Matsumoto, who started  
working on Ruby on February 24, 1993, and released it to the public in  
1995. “Ruby” was named as a gemstone because of a joke within  
Matsumoto’s circle of friends alluding to Perl’s name [1].

ciao marco

–  
Dr. Marco Forlin  
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