# The Ruby Programming Language

DevFeed: [The Ruby Programming Language](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-ruby-programming-language-27770.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://gagor.pro/book/2015/the-ruby-programming-language/>)

Author: Tom

Published: 2015-08-13T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Tomasz Gągor](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/tomasz-gagor.md>)

Topics: [Ruby](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ruby.md>), [Programming language](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/programming-language.md>), [Programming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/programming.md>)

Tags: [architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture.md>), [design-patterns](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/design-patterns.md>), [domain-specific-languages](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/domain-specific-languages.md>), [dsls](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dsls.md>), [internals](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/internals.md>), [programming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/programming.md>), [programming-language](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/programming-language.md>), [ruby](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ruby.md>), [technology](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/technology.md>)

## AI overview

A review of The Ruby Programming Language, co-authored by Yukihiro Matsumoto. The book provides a detailed explanation of Ruby's core, architecture, internals, and suitability for building domain-specific languages, but its technical depth makes it difficult for beginners and less practical for day-to-day learning.

## Source excerpt

Ruby Programowanie Authors: David Flanagan, Yukihiro Matsumoto I picked up this book, co-authored by Ruby creator Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto, to learn Ruby for my work with Chef. As a deep dive into the language's internals, it brilliantly explains why Ruby is a top choice for creating Domain-Specific Languages (DSLs) like those used in Vagrant and Chef. The book meticulously covers the language's core, which gave me a solid understanding of its architecture.