Microsoft has hired John Lam, the software developer behind RubyCLR, open-source software for writing .Net applications with the Ruby programming language. In his blog, Lam said that he will be ...

At one of the Little Language conferences in Cambridge, Yukihiro “Matz” Matsumoto gave a talk on his Ruby language to an audience made up largely of academics, language designers, and language ...

As we head toward Christmas what could be more festive than learning a new programming language? As an early present (ho-ho-ho), we bring you a fascinating and highly useful language called Ruby. As ...

The Ruby language has been around since 1995 and still gets regular releases. But the language has dropped to 30th place in this month’s Tiobe index of language popularity, with Python cited as a ...

When faced with the prospect of learning to code, aspiring programmers are hit with the complexity, the arcane symbols, and the fear that they simply aren't technical enough to learn code. The initial ...

In my Gearhead column for Network World, I’ve written about the Ruby programming language with enthusiasm (see editorial links below), which is understandable as Ruby is elegant, powerful, open source ...

Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge technologies. He joined CNET in 2002 to cover enterprise IT and Web development and was previously executive editor of IT ...

Microsoft is “very interested” in the Ruby programming language and also plans to expand its Expression design tools line, a company official said this week. “We are very interested in Ruby and have ...

AI thrives on data but feeding it the right data is harder than it seems. As enterprises scale their AI initiatives, they face the challenge of managing diverse data pipelines, ensuring proximity to ...

</pre><BR>One thing my current skillset is lacking is a scripting language, with my only experience being with javascript, hence my idea of Ruby (or Perl, or even PowerShell). As of this post I know ...