Ruby
Ruby
Ruby is a dynamic, open-source programming language with a focus on simplicity and productivity. It has an elegant syntax that is natural to read and easy to write.
History of Ruby
1993: Ruby was conceived by Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto in Japan. Matz wanted a language that was more powerful than Perl and more object-oriented than Python.
1995: The first public release of Ruby (version 0.95) was made available.
1996: Ruby 1.0 was released, marking the first stable version of the language.
2000: Ruby 1.6 was released, introducing many new features and improvements.
2003: Ruby 1.8 was released, which became one of the most widely used versions of Ruby.
2004: Ruby on Rails, a web application framework written in Ruby, was released. It significantly boosted Ruby's popularity.
2007: Ruby 1.9 was released, offering major performance improvements and new features.
2013: Ruby 2.0 was released, introducing keyword arguments, a new garbage collector, and other enhancements.
2015: Ruby 2.2 and 2.3 were released, continuing to improve performance and add new features.
2019: Ruby 2.6 was released, introducing the JIT (Just-In-Time) compiler for improved performance.
2020: Ruby 3.0 was released, focusing on performance, concurrency, and developer happiness.
Ruby has continued to evolve, with regular updates and a strong community contributing to its development.