From 3db12e8b236ac8f88db8eb4690d10e4a3b8dbcd4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: matz Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 12:13:05 +0000 Subject: Initial revision git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@2 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e --- README | 108 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 108 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..6583bc889f --- /dev/null +++ b/README @@ -0,0 +1,108 @@ +* 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 extensible. + +* Features of ruby + + + Simple Syntax + + *Normal* Object-Oriented features(ex. class, method calls) + + *Advanced* Object-Oriented features(ex. Mix-in, Singleton-method) + + Operator Overloading + + Exception Handling + + Iterators and Closures + + Garbage Collection + + Dynamic Loading of Object files(on some architecture) + + Highly Portable(works on many UNIX machines) + +* How to get ruby + +** by ftp + +The ruby distribution can be found on + + ftp://ftp.netlab.co.jp/pub/lang/ruby/ + +* How to compile and install + +This is what you need to do to compile and install ruby: + + 1. Run ./configure, which will generate config.h and Makefile. + + 2. Edit defines.h if you need. Probably this step will not need. + + 3. Remove comment mark(#) before the module names from ext/Setup, if + you want to link modules statically. + + If you want to link all the extension modules, remove comment + mark from the line "#option nodynamic". + + 4. Run make. + + 5. Optionally, run 'make test' to check that the compiled ruby + interpreter works well. If you see the message "test succeeded", + your ruby works as it should. + + 6. Run 'make install' + +If you fail to compile ruby, please send the detailed error report with +the error log and machine/OS type, to help others. + +* Copying + +Ruby is copyrighted by Yukihiro Matsumoto . + +This source is distributed under the conditions blow: + + 1. You may make and give away verbatim copies of the source form of + the software without restriction, provided that you do not modify + the original distribution files. + + If you want to distribute the modified version in any way, contact + the author. + + 2. You may distribute the software in object code or executable + form, provided that you distribute it with instructions on where + to get the software. + + 3. You may modify the software in any way, provided that you do not + distribute the modified version. + + 4. You may modify and include the part of the software into any other + software (possibly commercial). But some files in the distribution + are not written by the author, so that they are not under this terms. + They are gc.c(partly)¡€utils.c(partly), regex.[ch]¡€fnmatch.[ch]¡€ + glob.c, st.[ch] and somme files under the ./missing directory. See + each files for the copying condition. + + 5. The scripts and library files supplied as input to or produced as + output from the software do not automatically fall under the + copyright of the software, but belong to whomever generated them, + and may be sold commercially, and may be aggregated with this + software. + + 6. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR + IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED + WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR + PURPOSE. + +* ruby home-page + + The URL of the ruby home-page is: + + http://www.netlab.co.jp/ruby/ + +* The Author + +Feel free to send comments and bug reports to the author. Here is the +author's latest mail address: + + matz@netlab.co.jp + +------------------------------------------------------- +created at: Thu Aug 3 11:57:36 JST 1995 +Local variables: +mode: indented-text +end: -- cgit v1.2.3