From: jemminger Date: 2008-06-09T15:13:37+09:00 Subject: Re: my first program just shuttin' down > question ever, but is ruby used for applications or websites? Wikipedia > didn't tell me so much. Both and more... You can write applications in wxRuby or RubyCocoa, script your operating system with plain ruby, build websites in Rails or Merb just to name a few.