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Ruby

Page created: 2022-07-25 , updated: 2023-06-21

As I gradually re-write all of my Perl scripts to Ruby, I’m increasingly convinced that it’s an excellent little language and Unix citizen. The standard library is excellent.

It sure has its quirks, but learning a couple handfuls of Ruby means being able to quickly make some really handy utilities - especially if it’s what I’m calling "Utopian Software".

ruby-cgi
ruby-versions
ruby-cheat

Update 2023: I’m increasingly just using shell scripts these days…

External:

https://ruby-doc.org/core-3.1.1/ (3.1.1 Core class/method documentation)
https://ruby-doc.org/stdlib-3.1.1/ (3.1.1 Standard Library documentation)