Computers

Very clear introductory article by Ruby creator Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto. [InformIT]

First of 4-part series introduces Ruby programming, begins with variables, quotes, arrays, objects, methods. Later parts treat more advanced topics. By Joshua Drake, author of Linux books and co-founder of Command Prompt, Inc. [IBM developerWorks] (July 15, 2007)

What makes a good programming language? It helps human thoughts, helps us think better, and makes us better programmers. Interview with brief summary, MP3 download. IT Conversations. (October 18, 2006)

Three Ruby projects stand out (JRuby, Mongrel, Ruport) not so much for development, but for communicating well, something many projects do less well. Linux Journal. (August 24, 2006)

Short positive overview, explains Ruby by comparing with some other languages; focus on production; code samples, forum with many comments. [Linux Journal] (March 20, 2002)

Editorial with description and code; resulting forum comments and discussion of mostly positive opinion. [freshmeat.net] (January 05, 2002)

Interview with Matz, explains motives and early history, job duties, 10 top tips for those going into computing, focus on the human. [CIPS Connections] (December 21, 2001)

Forum comments and discussion related to Ruby and O'Reilly guide 'Ruby in a Nutshell'; diverse opinions, many positive remarks. [Slashdot.org] (December 01, 2001)

"Yukihiro ""Matz"" Matsumoto

Explains that the world can use another language for the simple reason that Ruby makes programming fun again, and that's what counts. Introduction via examining high-level Ruby traits, and distinguishing traits. [O'Reilly Network] (October 25, 2001)

Forum comments and discussion related to July IBM developerWorks Ruby article, with the usual diversity of opinion, much of it positive. [Slashdot.org] (August 11, 2001)

Forum comments and discussion, with wide diversity of opinion, much of it positive. [Slashdot.org] (July 08, 2001)

Forum comments and discussion on Ruby and the book 'Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide'; diverse opinions, many positive remarks. [Slashdot.org] (April 17, 2001)

Take the pure object orientation of Smalltalk, remove the quirky syntax and reliance on a workspace. Add the convenience and power of Perl, but without the special cases and magic conversions. Give it a clean syntax based partly on Eiffel, add a few concepts from Scheme, CLU, Sather, Common Lisp. [Dr. Dobb's Journal] (January 01, 2001)