The Ruby programming language continues its tradition of delivering major updates on Christmas Day, announcing the release of Ruby 4.0.0, which introduces two massive new experimental features: the ...

Ruby is essentially a scripting language. Talking about some of its important features, it's thoroughly object-oriented, dynamically typed and an imperative programming language. It is, in many ways, ...

The CBS miniseries Ruby Ridge: An American Tragedy asks viewers to care when bad things happen to bad people. The despicable Weavers spout anti-Semitism, hobnob with Klansmen and neo-Nazis, steal from ...

If the thought of diving into yet another hot new technology gives you a headache, I sympathize. I’ve stuck mainly to PHP and Perl for years, happily ignoring most other development fads. However, I’m ...

In 2007, software developer Laurent Sansonetti launched an open source software project called MacRuby. It aimed to build a Ruby interpreter on top of the Objective-C runtime, providing a seamless ...

If you’re a regular reader of ProfHacker, you’re likely to have some interest in the digital humanities. After this year’s Modern Language Association Convention, William Pannapacker caused no small ...