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authorhsbt <hsbt@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e>2017-10-21 15:02:25 +0000
committerhsbt <hsbt@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e>2017-10-21 15:02:25 +0000
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Update some words on README.md.
* Remove space on double spaces. * Capitalization of "Ruby". * Use macOS instead of OS X. https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/1610 Patch by @bunkrich [fix GH-1610] git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@60291 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e
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@@ -4,22 +4,22 @@
# What's Ruby
Ruby is the interpreted scripting language for quick and easy object-oriented
-programming. It has many features to process text files and to do system
-management tasks (as in Perl). It is simple, straight-forward, and
+programming. It has many features to process text files and to do system
+management tasks (as in Perl). It is simple, straight-forward, and
extensible.
## Features of Ruby
* Simple Syntax
* **Normal** Object-oriented Features (e.g. class, method calls)
-* **Advanced** Object-oriented Features (e.g. Mix-in, Singleton-method)
+* **Advanced** Object-oriented Features (e.g. mix-in, singleton-method)
* Operator Overloading
* Exception Handling
* Iterators and Closures
* Garbage Collection
* Dynamic Loading of Object Files (on some architectures)
* Highly Portable (works on many Unix-like/POSIX compatible platforms as
- well as Windows, Mac OS X, Haiku, etc.) cf.
+ well as Windows, macOS, Haiku, etc.) cf.
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/projects/ruby-trunk/wiki/SupportedPlatforms
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Or if you are using git then use the following command:
$ git clone git://github.com/ruby/ruby.git
-There are some other branches under development. Try the following command
+There are some other branches under development. Try the following command
to see the list of branches:
$ svn ls https://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby/branches/
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ in the mail body (not subject) to the address
This is what you need to do to compile and install Ruby:
-1. If you want to use Microsoft Visual C++ to compile ruby, read
+1. If you want to use Microsoft Visual C++ to compile Ruby, read
[win32/README.win32](win32/README.win32) instead of this document.
2. If `./configure` does not exist or is older than `configure.ac`, run
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ This is what you need to do to compile and install Ruby:
3. Run `./configure`, which will generate `config.h` and `Makefile`.
Some C compiler flags may be added by default depending on your
- environment. Specify `optflags=..` and `warnflags=..` as necessary to
+ environment. Specify `optflags=..` and `warnflags=..` as necessary to
override them.
4. Edit `defines.h` if you need. Usually this step will not be needed.
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ This is what you need to do to compile and install Ruby:
7. Optionally, run '`make check`' to check whether the compiled Ruby
interpreter works well. If you see the message "`check succeeded`", your
- ruby works as it should (hopefully).
+ Ruby works as it should (hopefully).
8. Optionally, Run `make update-gems` and `make extract-gems`
@@ -138,10 +138,10 @@ This is what you need to do to compile and install Ruby:
**NOTE**: teeny of the API version may be different from one of Ruby's
program version
- You may have to be a super user to install ruby.
+ You may have to be a super user to install Ruby.
-If you fail to compile ruby, please send the detailed error report with the
+If you fail to compile Ruby, please send the detailed error report with the
error log and machine/OS type, to help others.
Some extension libraries may not get compiled because of lack of necessary