language
primitive relations using a pre-defined set of
relationaloperators. Ruby programs also have a geometric
interpretation as networks of primitive relations connected by
wires, which is important when layout is considered in circuit
design.
Ruby has been continually developed since 1986, and has been
used to design many different kinds of circuits, including
circuits.
["Ruby - A Language of Relations and Higher-Order Functions",
M. Sheeran, Proc 3rd Banff Workshop on Hardware Verification,
Springer 1990].
(1994-10-27)
2. One of five pedagogical languages based on
Markovalgorithms, used in Higman's report (below). The other
["Nonpareil, a Machine Level Machine Independent Language for
the Study of Semantics", B. Higman, ULICS Intl Report No ICSI
170, U London (1968)].
(1994-10-27)
Similar in scope to
Perl and
Python, Ruby has high-level
In Ruby, everything is an
object, including the basic data
types. For example, the number 1 is an instance of
classFixnum.
Current version (stable): 1.6.7, as of 2002-03-01.
["Programming Ruby - The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide", David
Thomas, Andrew Hunt, Yukihiro Matsumoto pub. Addison Wesley
2000].
(2002-06-19)