What is ruby?
Ruby是什么？
Ruby is "an interpreted scripting language for quick and easy object-oriented programming" -- what does this mean?
Ruby是一门灵活简单的面向对象的解释型脚本语言。这些意味着什么？
interpreted scripting language:
解释型脚本语言:
ability to make operating system calls directly
- 直接执行操作系统调用的能力
powerful string operations and regular expressions
- 强大的字符操作和正则表达式
immediate feedback during development
- 开发过程中的即时反馈
quick and easy:
灵活简单:
variable declarations are unnecessary
- 变量无需声明
variables are not typed
- 变量不是类型化的
syntax is simple and consistent
- 语法简单一致
memory management is automatic
- 自动内存管理
object oriented programming:
面向对象编程:
everything is an object
- 一切皆为对象
classes, methods, inheritance, etc.
- 类，方法，继承等等
singleton methods
- 单例方法
"mixin" functionality by module
- 模块的混入功能
iterators and closures
- 迭代器和闭包
also:
以及：
multiple precision integers
- 多精度整数
convenient exception processing
- 方便的异常处理
dynamic loading
- 动态加载
threading support
- 支持线程
If you are unfamiliar with some of the concepts above, read on, and don't worry. The mantra of the ruby language is quick and easy.
如果你对上面的某些概念不熟悉，不必担心，继续往下看即可，因为Ruby的"咒语"灵活而简单。