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diff --git a/README b/README deleted file mode 100644 index f924702e39..0000000000 --- a/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,155 +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, and on DOS, - Windows, Mac, BeOS etc.) - -* How to get Ruby - -The Ruby distribution can be found on: - - ftp://ftp.netlab.co.jp/pub/lang/ruby/ - -You can get it by anonymous CVS. How to check out is: - - $ cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.netlab.co.jp:/home/cvs login - (Logging in to anonymous@cvs.netlab.co.jp) - CVS password: guest - $ cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.netlab.co.jp:/home/cvs checkout ruby - -* Mailing list - -There is a mailing list to talk about Ruby. -To subscribe this list, please send the following phrase - - subscribe YourFirstName YourFamilyName -e.g. - subscribe Joseph Smith - -in the mail body (not subject) to the address <ruby-talk-ctl@netlab.co.jp>. - -* How to compile and install - -This is what you need to do to compile and install Ruby: - - 1. If ./configure does not exist or is older than configure.in, - run autoconf to (re)generate configure. - - 2. Run ./configure, which will generate config.h and Makefile. - - 3. Edit defines.h if you need. Probably this step will not need. - - 4. Remove comment mark(#) before the module names from ext/Setup (or - add module names if not present), if you want to link modules - statically. - - If you don't want to compile non static extension modules - (probably on architectures which does not allow dynamic loading), - remove comment mark from the line "#option nodynamic" in - ext/Setup. - - 5. Run make. - - 6. Optionally, run 'make test' to check whether the compiled Ruby - interpreter works well. If you see the message "test succeeded", - your ruby works as it should (hopefully). - - 7. Run 'make install' - - You may have to be a super user to install ruby. - -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 free software by Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@zetabits.com>. -You can redistribute it and/or modify it under either the terms of the GPL -(see COPYING file), or the conditions below: - - 1. You may make and give away verbatim copies of the source form of the - software without restriction, provided that you duplicate all of the - original copyright notices and associated disclaimers. - - 2. You may modify your copy of the software in any way, provided that - you do at least ONE of the following: - - a) place your modifications in the Public Domain or otherwise - make them Freely Available, such as by posting said - modifications to Usenet or an equivalent medium, or by allowing - the author to include your modifications in the software. - - b) use the modified software only within your corporation or - organization. - - c) rename any non-standard executables so the names do not conflict - with standard executables, which must also be provided. - - d) make other distribution arrangements with the author. - - 3. You may distribute the software in object code or executable - form, provided that you do at least ONE of the following: - - a) distribute the executables and library files of the software, - together with instructions (in the manual page or equivalent) - on where to get the original distribution. - - b) accompany the distribution with the machine-readable source of - the software. - - c) give non-standard executables non-standard names, with - instructions on where to get the original software distribution. - - d) make other distribution arrangements with the author. - - 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], st.[ch] and some - files under the ./missing directory. See each file 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 MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR - PURPOSE. - -* Ruby home-page - -The URL of the Ruby home-page is: - - http://www.ruby-lang.org/ - -* The Author - -Feel free to send comments and bug reports to the author. Here is the -author's latest mail address: - - matz@zetabits.com - -------------------------------------------------------- -created at: Thu Aug 3 11:57:36 JST 1995 -Local variables: -mode: indented-text -end: |