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Ruby

Thursday 13th February, 20:30
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Ruby is a completely object-oriented language from Japan. As a scripting language, it is influenced by Perl and Python, but also draws on CLU, Smalltalk and many other less mainstream languages. Simon Cozens, a former Perl devotee and recent Ruby convert, explains how Ruby gives you the best of both worlds.