At one of the Little Language conferences in Cambridge, Yukihiro “Matz” Matsumoto gave a talk on his Ruby language to an audience made up largely of academics, language designers, and language ...

When faced with the prospect of learning to code, aspiring programmers are hit with the complexity, the arcane symbols, and the fear that they simply aren't technical enough to learn code. The initial ...

Ruby is a programming language created by Yukihiro 'Matz' Matsumoto, released in 1995. Its birth had its origins in certain values and principles that were held dear by its creator. The most important ...

The language jumps seven spots from a year ago in Tiobe's index, while C's popularity takes a big hit Once faltering, Ruby is now making a comeback in language popularity. In this month’s Tiobe index, ...

Ruby’s creator, Yukihiro Matsumoto (Matz), released the first public version of the programming language in December 1995, making Ruby just shy of its 30th birthday. It spread across Japanese-language ...

Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge technologies. He joined CNET in 2002 to cover enterprise IT and Web development and was previously executive editor of IT ...