Hi,

> question is; what is Ruby for?

as a RubyNewbie (coming from Java)
i don't know much about Ruby, but =

I'm using Ruby with JRuby 0.9.2 and <script>
task in ant scripts, as JRuby runs in
BSF (Bean Scripting Framework) 
Works great :-)

Before i used javascript (via Rhino), groovy, beanshell
but then i discovered Ruby ...

Beside that, i try to use Ruby whenever possible for all
other stuff (scripting Windows ...)

Regards, Gilbert