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## Features of Ruby
* Simple Syntax
-* **Normal** Object-Oriented features(ex. class, method calls)
-* **Advanced** Object-Oriented features(ex. Mix-in, Singleton-method)
+* **Normal** Object-oriented Features (e.g. class, method calls)
+* **Advanced** Object-oriented Features (e.g. Mix-in, Singleton-method)
* Operator Overloading
* Exception Handling
* Iterators and Closures
* Garbage Collection
-* Dynamic Loading of Object files(on some architecture)
+* Dynamic Loading of Object Files (on some architectures)
* Highly Portable (works on many Unix-like/POSIX compatible platforms as
- well as Windows, Mac OS X, BeOS etc.) cf.
+ well as Windows, Mac OS X, BeOS, etc.) cf.
http://bugs.ruby-lang.org/projects/ruby-trunk/wiki/SupportedPlatforms
## How to get Ruby
-For a complete list of ways to install Ruby, including using third party tools
+For a complete list of ways to install Ruby, including using third-party tools
like rvm, see:
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/
-The Ruby distribution files can be found in the following FTP site:
+The Ruby distribution files can be found on the following FTP site:
ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Or if you are using git then use the following command:
$ git clone git://github.com/ruby/ruby.git
There are some other branches under development. Try the following command
-and see the list of branches:
+to see the list of branches:
$ svn ls http://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby/branches/
@@ -49,16 +49,16 @@ Or if you are using git then use the following command:
$ git ls-remote git://github.com/ruby/ruby.git
-## Ruby home-page
+## Ruby home page
-The URL of the Ruby home-page is:
+The URL of the Ruby home page is:
http://www.ruby-lang.org/
## Mailing list
There is a mailing list to talk about Ruby. To subscribe this list, please
-send the following phrase
+send the following phrase:
subscribe