What is Ruby?
a programming language
who created it?
Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto
where is he from?
Japan.
what other name was considered for it?
"Coral"
What made him decide on Ruby?
it was the birthstone of one of his colleagues
When did he first think about creating it?
on February 24, 1993
when was it first available to the public?
on December 21, 1995
were more versions made available?
yes
what did he call the mailing list?
"ruby-talk" mailing list
what influenced him when creating the language?
Perl, Smalltalk, Eiffel, Ada, and Lisp
did it have automoatic memory management?
yes
What characteristic of Perl did he want to emulate?
practical utility