Ruby under a microscope an illustrated guide to Ruby internals / by Pat Shaughnessy.

Author/creator Shaughnessy, Pat
Format Electronic
Publication InfoSan Francisco : No Starch Press, [2014]
Descriptionxxii, 336 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects

Contents Tokenization and Parsing -- Compilation -- How Ruby Executes Your Code -- Control Structures and Method Dispatch -- Objects and Classes -- Method Lookup and Constant Lookup -- The Hash Table : The Workhorse of Ruby Internals -- How Ruby Borrowed a Decades-Old Idea from Lisp -- Metaprogramming -- JRuby : Ruby on the JVM -- Garbage Collection Basics in Rubinius and MRI -- Conclusion.
Scope and content "An under-the-hood look at how the Ruby programming language runs code. Extensively illustrated with complete explanations and hands-on experiments. Covers Ruby 2.x"-- Provided by publisher.
Scope and content "Ruby is a powerful programming language with a focus on simplicity, but beneath its elegant syntax, the language is performing countless unseen tasks. Ruby Under a Microscope gives developers an inside, hands-on look at Ruby's core, using simple diagrams coupled with clear explanations. Author Pat Shaughnessy takes a scientific approach, laying out a series of experiments with Ruby code to demonstrate how things work. Shaughnessy's lucid illustrations will serve as a guide for developers writing Ruby programs. Developers of all stripes will find this a fascinating behind the scenes look at how programming languages work"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2013030614
ISBN9781593275273 (paperback)
ISBN1593275277 (paperback)

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