ruby@2.7 ☆

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Description:
Powerful, clean, object-oriented scripting language

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Nov 13, 2024

Links: Homepage | @rubylangorg | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: programming-language ruby scripting web-development object-oriented

Install: brew install ruby@2.7

About:
Ruby 2.7 is a stable version of the Ruby programming language, known for its developer-friendly syntax and powerful object-oriented capabilities. It introduced significant features like pattern matching and numbered block parameters, making it a popular choice for web development, scripting, and automation.

Key Features:

Object-oriented scripting language with clean syntax
Dynamic typing and automatic memory management (GC)
Extensive standard library and gem ecosystem
Pattern matching and improved REPL (irb) introduced in 2.7

Use Cases:

Server-side web application development (e.g., with Ruby on Rails)
System automation scripts and DevOps tooling
General-purpose scripting and prototyping

Alternatives:

python – Another high-level, general-purpose language; often compared for readability and data science/ML libraries.
nodejs – JavaScript runtime popular for web backends and tooling, with a different concurrency model (event-driven).

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Nov 13, 2024 9:06am		1	VERSION_BUMP	701abcdc