09-21-2010
No, I actually meant "declarative" .... See this
reference:
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In computer science, declarative programming is a programming paradigm that expresses the logic of a computation without describing its control flow. Many languages applying this style attempt to minimize or eliminate side effects by describing what the program should accomplish, rather than describing how to go about accomplishing it. This is in contrast with imperative programming, which requires an explicitly provided algorithm.
Declarative programming often considers programs as theories of a formal logic, and computations as deductions in that logic space. Declarative programming has become of particular interest recently, as it may greatly simplify writing parallel programs.
Common declarative languages include those of regular expressions, logic programming, and functional programming.
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Follow-up:
I see now that Ruby is not classified as a "declarative programming language",
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IRB(1) Ruby Programmers Reference Guide IRB(1)
NAME
irb -- Interactive Ruby Shell
SYNOPSIS
irb [--version] [-dfm] [-I directory] [-r library] [--[no]inspect] [--[no]readline] [--prompt mode] [--prompt-mode mode] [--inf-ruby-mode]
[--simple-prompt] [--noprompt] [--tracer] [--back-trace-limit n] [--irb_debug n] [--] [program_file] [argument ...]
DESCRIPTION
irb is the REPL(read-eval-print loop) environment for Ruby programs.
OPTIONS
--version Prints the version of irb.
-E external[:internal]
--encoding external[:internal]
Same as `ruby -E' . Specifies the default value(s) for external encodings and internal encoding. Values should be separated
with colon (:).
You can omit the one for internal encodings, then the value (Encoding.default_internal) will be nil.
-I path Same as `ruby -I' . Specifies $LOAD_PATH directory
-U Same as `ruby -U' . Sets the default value for internal encodings (Encoding.default_internal) to UTF-8.
-d Same as `ruby -d' . Sets $DEBUG to true.
-f Suppresses read of ~/.irbrc.
-h
--help Prints a summary of the options.
-m Bc mode (load mathn, fraction or matrix are available)
-r library Same as `ruby -r'. Causes irb to load the library using require.
--inspect Uses `inspect' for output (default except for bc mode)
--noinspect Doesn't use inspect for output
--readline Uses Readline extension module.
--noreadline Doesn't use Readline extension module.
--prompt mode
--prompt-mode mode
Switch prompt mode. Pre-defined prompt modes are `default', `simple', `xmp' and `inf-ruby'.
--inf-ruby-mode
Uses prompt appropriate for inf-ruby-mode on emacs. Suppresses --readline.
--simple-prompt
Makes prompts simple.
--noprompt No prompt mode.
--tracer Displays trace for each execution of commands.
--back-trace-limit n
Displays backtrace top n and tail n. The default value is 16.
--irb_debug n Sets internal debug level to n (not for popular use)
ENVIRONMENT
IRBRC
Also irb depends on same variables as ruby(1).
FILES
~/.irbrc Personal irb initialization.
EXAMPLES
% irb
irb(main):001:0> 1 + 1
2
irb(main):002:0> def t(x)
irb(main):003:1> x+1
irb(main):004:1> end
=> nil
irb(main):005:0> t(3)
=> 4
irb(main):006:0> if t(3) == 4
irb(main):007:1> p :ok
irb(main):008:1> end
:ok
=> :ok
irb(main):009:0> quit
%
SEE ALSO
ruby(1).
REPORTING BUGS
Security vulnerabilities should be reported via an email to <security@ruby-lang.org>. Reported problems will be published after being fixed.
And you can report other bugs and feature requests via the Ruby Issue Tracking System (http://bugs.ruby-lang.org). Do not report security
vulnerabilities via the system because it publishes the vulnerabilities immediately.
AUTHORS
Written by Keiju ISHITSUKA.
UNIX
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