# What is Ruby's Contribution to Programming?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-is-rubys-contribution-to-programming/163733>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [March 24, 2009, 2:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-is-rubys-contribution-to-programming/163733 "2009-03-24T14:25:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![kun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@kun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kun)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 2:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-is-rubys-contribution-to-programming/163733/1 "2009-03-24T14:25:33Z")

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Hi,  
I am just learning this awesome language Ruby and entering the  
languages field. I just wanted to know what are the new innovations  
that the Ruby Language contributed to Programming in general?

Sincerely,  
Kunjan.

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**Author:** ![kun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@kun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kun)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 3:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-is-rubys-contribution-to-programming/163733/2 "2009-03-24T15:10:46Z")

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kun wrote:

> Hi,  
> I am just learning this awesome language Ruby and entering the  
> languages field. I just wanted to know what are the new innovations  
> that the Ruby Language contributed to Programming in general?

Almost none. What it really did is put…

- OO
- dynamic typing
- block closures & iterators
- lean hashes & aggregates
- reflection
- metaclasses & extension
- exceptions & continuations

…all together in a system with just the slickest possible syntax. None  
of  
those things were glued on as afterthoughts. This allows us to exploit  
the most  
advanced programming techniques, typically more easily than primitive  
systems.

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**Author:** ![kun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@kun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kun)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 3:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-is-rubys-contribution-to-programming/163733/3 "2009-03-24T15:22:40Z")

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On 24 mars 09, at 15:06, Phlip wrote:

> - OO
> - dynamic typing
> - block closures & iterators
> - lean hashes & aggregates
> - reflection
> - metaclasses & extension
> - exceptions & continuations

- joy

🙂