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 # What's Ruby
 
 Ruby is the interpreted scripting language for quick and easy object-oriented
-programming. It has many features to process text files and to manage system (as in Perl). 
+programming. It has many features to process text files and to manage system (as in Perl).
 It is simple, straight-forward, and extensible.
 
 ## Features of Ruby