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* What's Ruby
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Ruby is the interpreted scripting language for quick and
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easy object-oriented programming. It has many features to
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process text files and to do system management tasks (as in
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perl). It is simple, straight-forward, and extensible.
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* Features of Ruby
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+ Simple Syntax
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+ *Normal* Object-Oriented features(ex. class, method calls)
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+ *Advanced* Object-Oriented features(ex. Mix-in, Singleton-method)
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+ Operator Overloading
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+ Exception Handling
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+ Iterators and Closures
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+ Garbage Collection
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+ Dynamic Loading of Object files(on some architecture)
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+ Highly Portable(works on many UNIX machines)
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* How to get Ruby
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The Ruby distribution can be found on
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ftp://ftp.netlab.co.jp/pub/lang/ruby/
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* How to compile and install
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This is what you need to do to compile and install Ruby:
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1. Run ./configure, which will generate config.h and Makefile.
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2. Edit defines.h if you need. Probably this step will not need.
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3. Remove comment mark(#) before the module names from ext/Setup, if
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you want to link modules statically.
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If you want to link all the extension modules, remove comment
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mark from the line "#option nodynamic".
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4. Run make.
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5. Optionally, run 'make test' to check that the compiled Ruby
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interpreter works well. If you see the message "test succeeded",
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your Ruby works as it should (hopefully).
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6. Run 'make install'
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If you fail to compile Ruby, please send the detailed error report with
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the error log and machine/OS type, to help others.
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* Copying
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Ruby is copyrighted free software by Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@netlab.co.jp>.
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You can redistribute it and/or modify it under either the terms of the GPL
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(see COPYING file), or the conditions below:
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1. You may make and give away verbatim copies of the source form of the
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software without restriction, provided that you duplicate all of the
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original copyright notices and associated disclaimers.
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2. You may modify your copy of the software in any way, provided that
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you do at least ONE of the following:
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a) place your modifications in the Public Domain or otherwise make them
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Freely Available, such as by posting said modifications to Usenet
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or an equivalent medium, or by allowing the author to include your
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modifications in the software.
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b) use the modified software only within your corporation or organization.
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c) rename any non-standard executables so the names do not conflict
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with standard executables, which must also be provided.
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d) make other distribution arrangements with the author.
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3. You may distribute the software in object code or executable
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form, provided that you do at least ONE of the following:
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a) distribute the executables and library files of the software,
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together with instructions (in the manual page or equivalent)
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on where to get the original distribution.
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b) accompany the distribution with the machine-readable source of
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the software.
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c) give non-standard executables non-standard names, with
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instructions on where to get the original software
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distribution.
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d) make other distribution arrangements with the author.
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4. You may modify and include the part of the software into any other
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software (possibly commercial). But some files in the distribution
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are not written by the author, so that they are not under this terms.
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They are gc.c(partly), utils.c(partly), regex.[ch], fnmatch.[ch],
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glob.c, st.[ch] and some files under the ./missing directory. See
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each files for the copying condition.
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5. The scripts and library files supplied as input to or produced as
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output from the software do not automatically fall under the
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copyright of the software, but belong to whomever generated them,
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and may be sold commercially, and may be aggregated with this
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software.
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6. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
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IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
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WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
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PURPOSE.
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* Ruby home-page
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The URL of the Ruby home-page is:
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http://www.netlab.co.jp/ruby/
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* The Author
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Feel free to send comments and bug reports to the author. Here is the
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author's latest mail address:
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matz@netlab.co.jp
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-------------------------------------------------------
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created at: Thu Aug 3 11:57:36 JST 1995
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