Question

Is there a definitive specification for Ruby, akin to the Java Language Specification for Java. Googling ruby language specification provides http://ruby-std.netlab.jp/ as a result, but the site is down and i am not sure whether it is current

Answer 1

Ruby 1.8 has been the subject of several industry standards. The language specifications for Ruby were developed by the Open Standards Promotion Center of the Information-Technology Promotion Agency (a Japanese government agency) for submission to the Japanese Industrial Standards Committee (JISC) and then to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). It was accepted as a Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS X 3017) in 2011^[24] and an international standard (ISO/IEC 30170) in 2012.^[25]

References

• Wikipedia/Ruby (programming language)

See also

• ruby-std.netlab.jp – draft Ruby ISO standard
  • ruby-standard.org – a wiki-format mirror of the draft Ruby ISO standard
• spec.ruby-doc.org – a community-driven project to write a complete, executable specification