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1 online resource |
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"An under-the-hood look at how the Ruby programming language runs code. Extensively illustrated with complete explanations and hands-on experiments. Covers Ruby 2.x"-- Provided by publisher |
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"Ruby is a powerful programming language with a focus on simplicity, but beneath its elegant syntax, the language is performing countless unseen tasks. Ruby Under a Microscope gives developers an inside, hands-on look at Ruby's core, using simple diagrams coupled with clear explanations. Author Pat Shaughnessy takes a scientific approach, laying out a series of experiments with Ruby code to demonstrate how things work. Shaughnessy's lucid illustrations will serve as a guide for developers writing Ruby programs. Developers of all stripes will find this a fascinating behind the scenes look at how programming languages work"-- Provided by publisher |
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Tokenization and Parsing -- Compilation -- How Ruby Executes Your Code -- Control Structures and Method Dispatch -- Objects and Classes -- Method Lookup and Constant Lookup -- The Hash Table : The Workhorse of Ruby Internals -- How Ruby Borrowed a Decades-Old Idea from Lisp -- Metaprogramming -- JRuby : Ruby on the JVM -- Garbage Collection Basics in Rubinius and MRI -- Conclusion. |
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Ruby (Computer program language)
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Ruby (Langage de programmation) |
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Ruby (Computer program language) |
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Print version: Shaughnessy, Pat. Ruby under a microscope 9781593275273 (DLC) 2013030614 (OCoLC)844728904 |
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9781593275273 (electronic bk.) |
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1593275277 (electronic bk.) |
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