Ruby is a dynamic, reflective, object-oriented, general-purpose programming language. Developed by Yukihiro Matsumoto, et al.
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Ruby is known for its elegant syntax and strong focus on web development, particularly with Ruby on Rails, while Perl excels in text processing and system administration tasks. Both languages have their strengths and ideal use cases, with Ruby being more suited for web application development and Perl for scripting and automation.