It's not coming out, it's been out, for quite a while (years). It's extremely popular over in Japan, it hasn't caught on big in the US
The bit that I've looked at, I've liked. It's a true OO language. Larry Wall loves the language and the fact that Ruby incorporates the best from Perl and other languages, and meshes them together and improves upon it.
Many think Ruby is what Perl 6 should be like. I haven't used it enough to make that judgement.
For anyone interested, there's a Ruby book published online at http://www.rubycentral.com/book/
The bit that I've looked at, I've liked. It's a true OO language. Larry Wall loves the language and the fact that Ruby incorporates the best from Perl and other languages, and meshes them together and improves upon it.
Many think Ruby is what Perl 6 should be like. I haven't used it enough to make that judgement.
For anyone interested, there's a Ruby book published online at http://www.rubycentral.com/book/
