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authorMarcus Stollsteimer <sto.mar@web.de>2019-05-05 09:52:34 +0200
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Use improved description as suggested by Olivier Lacan (@olivierlacan), see https://github.com/ruby/www.ruby-lang.org/pull/1888.
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# What's Ruby
-Ruby is the interpreted scripting language for quick and easy object-oriented
-programming. It has many features to process text files and to manage system
-(as in Perl). It is simple, straight-forward, and extensible.
+Ruby is an interpreted object-oriented programming language often
+used for web development. It also offers many scripting features
+to process plain text and serialized files, or manage system tasks.
+It is simple, straightforward, and extensible.
## Features of Ruby