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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Despite his criticism, Rubinius X backer Brian Shirai still loves Ruby and wants to make it more open to networked computing All appearances of condemnation aside, proponents of the Rubinius X project ...

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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 ...

The open source Ruby language, founded by developer Yukihiro “Matz” Matsumoto and released in 1995, has become a staple among programming languages. It has been used by companies like Twitter and ...

Coding skills still count among the most marketable anyone can have. So whether you’re looking for new career opportunities, or just a deeper understanding, it pays to get expert guidance on the ...

</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 ...