On Sep 28, 2010, at 2:53 PM, ˇÍvaro Bernart wrote:

> *Ruby's main uses as a code language.

- webapps with frameworks like rails, sinatra, ...
- scripts for system maintenance
- daemons
- exploits

> *Tools used for coding Ruby

A texteditor, irb, minitest, ...

> *Examples of programs coded on Ruby, aside from Rails

- Puppet: http://projects.puppetlabs.com
- metasploit3: http://www.metasploit.com/
- IIRC: Some of FreeBSD's port collection tools are written in ruby.

All the best, Sandor Szs
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