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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 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
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