Ruby - what Perl5 should have been
The author of Ruby freely acknowledges that he borrowed heavily from Lisp. To many, Ruby is what Perl5 should have been. According to stories about the Perl6 developers, there is a "ruby-meter" by which they measure new features.
Ruby links:
- Info: Ruby Home Page
- Try ruby! (in your browser)
- Book: Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide
- Building web sites: Ruby on Rails