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Developed byYukihiro Matsumoto
Maintained byRuby Core Team
Founded1995
LicenseBSD License
Open source✓ Open Source
Use casegeneral-purpose programming
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Ruby

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Dynamic, object-oriented programming language emphasizing simplicity and productivity

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founded year

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open source

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BSD LicenseUnverifiedHighFresh1
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maintained by

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supports protocol

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