# Ruby

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby/145644>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [August 12, 2008, 2:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby/145644 "2008-08-12T14:05:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![ford](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/dbc845/32.png) [@ford](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ford)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 2:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby/145644/1 "2008-08-12T14:05:51Z")

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## Ruby is a dynamic, reflective, general purpose object-oriented programming language that combines syntax inspired by Perl with Smalltalk-like features. Ruby originated in Japan during the mid-1990s and was initially developed and designed by Yukihiro “Matz” Matsumoto.

Ford

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**Author:** ![ford](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/dbc845/32.png) [@ford](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ford)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 3:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby/145644/2 "2008-08-12T15:18:58Z")

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I might sound clueless, that’s because I am.  
But, what was the point of this post?

On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 5:33 PM, Saravanan Arumugham