Ruby

Object oriented scripting language with some functional programming features and dynamic typing, invented in by Yukihiro “Matz” Matsumoto.

Ruby libraries and frameworks

• Canny - Template library for Web development.

Foreign libraries with Ruby bindings

• Cairo - 2D graphics library - Open source - Current
• LibcURL - Internet URL (WWW, FTP, etc) access - Open Source - Current.
• Libxml2 - XML parser - Open source - Current
• Libxslt - XSLT parser - Open source - Current
• LZ4 - Compression library - Open source - Current
• Snappy - Compression lib. - Open Source - Current.

Applications with a Ruby programming interface

• PostgreSQL - SQL relational database system - Open source - Current.

OS/2 text & programmers editors with Ruby support

• Boxer - Contributed, requires a separate download.
• jEdit - Java based editor - Ruby syntax highlighting built in - Current.
• Lugaru Epsilon - Ruby syntax highlighting and autoindent available as a seperate download. - Commercial.

Versions

• Last known OS/2 version: Ruby 1.8.6 (2007-04-17) available in GCC and EMX variants.
• Last version of official release that contained OS/2 support: 1.9.0-2 (2008)
• Current version: 2.2.2

Links

• Homepage: https://www.ruby-lang.org
• OS/2 port by "Sava" (T.Ebisawa)

Publications

• Peter Cooper: Ruby: From Novice to Professional - 2009 - Apress - ISBN 1430223634 - ISBN 9781430223634 - In print.
• Wayne Kelly & John Gough "Ruby.NET: a ruby compiler for the common language infrastructure" Proceedings of the Thirty-First Australasian Computer Science Conference (ACSC 2008).

License and availability

• Open source released under either the Two Clause BSD License or the Ruby License if you so choose. Versions prior to 1.9.3 could also be licensed under the GPL v2 - Original package is actively developed, OS/2 port is dormant.

Authors

• Yukihiro “Matz” Matsumoto (Original author)
• T. Ebisawa (aka Sava, OS/2 Port)