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diff --git a/README b/README deleted file mode 100644 index 6583bc889f..0000000000 --- a/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,108 +0,0 @@ -* 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 do system management tasks (as in -perl). It is simple, straight-forward, and extensible. - -* Features of ruby - - + Simple Syntax - + *Normal* Object-Oriented features(ex. class, method calls) - + *Advanced* Object-Oriented features(ex. Mix-in, Singleton-method) - + Operator Overloading - + Exception Handling - + Iterators and Closures - + Garbage Collection - + Dynamic Loading of Object files(on some architecture) - + Highly Portable(works on many UNIX machines) - -* How to get ruby - -** by ftp - -The ruby distribution can be found on - - ftp://ftp.netlab.co.jp/pub/lang/ruby/ - -* How to compile and install - -This is what you need to do to compile and install ruby: - - 1. Run ./configure, which will generate config.h and Makefile. - - 2. Edit defines.h if you need. Probably this step will not need. - - 3. Remove comment mark(#) before the module names from ext/Setup, if - you want to link modules statically. - - If you want to link all the extension modules, remove comment - mark from the line "#option nodynamic". - - 4. Run make. - - 5. Optionally, run 'make test' to check that the compiled ruby - interpreter works well. If you see the message "test succeeded", - your ruby works as it should. - - 6. Run 'make install' - -If you fail to compile ruby, please send the detailed error report with -the error log and machine/OS type, to help others. - -* Copying - -Ruby is copyrighted by Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@ruby.club.co.jp>. - -This source is distributed under the conditions blow: - - 1. You may make and give away verbatim copies of the source form of - the software without restriction, provided that you do not modify - the original distribution files. - - If you want to distribute the modified version in any way, contact - the author. - - 2. You may distribute the software in object code or executable - form, provided that you distribute it with instructions on where - to get the software. - - 3. You may modify the software in any way, provided that you do not - distribute the modified version. - - 4. You may modify and include the part of the software into any other - software (possibly commercial). But some files in the distribution - are not written by the author, so that they are not under this terms. - They are gc.c(partly)¡€utils.c(partly), regex.[ch]¡€fnmatch.[ch]¡€ - glob.c, st.[ch] and somme files under the ./missing directory. See - each files for the copying condition. - - 5. The scripts and library files supplied as input to or produced as - output from the software do not automatically fall under the - copyright of the software, but belong to whomever generated them, - and may be sold commercially, and may be aggregated with this - software. - - 6. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR - IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED - WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR - PURPOSE. - -* ruby home-page - - The URL of the ruby home-page is: - - http://www.netlab.co.jp/ruby/ - -* The Author - -Feel free to send comments and bug reports to the author. Here is the -author's latest mail address: - - matz@netlab.co.jp - -------------------------------------------------------- -created at: Thu Aug 3 11:57:36 JST 1995 -Local variables: -mode: indented-text -end: |