IronRuby
E183340
IronRuby is an implementation of the Ruby programming language built to run on Microsoft's .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR), enabling Ruby code to interoperate with .NET libraries and applications.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| IronRuby canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1612298 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: IronRuby Context triple: [Common Language Runtime, supportsLanguage, IronRuby]
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A.
JRuby
JRuby is a high-performance implementation of the Ruby programming language that runs on the Java Virtual Machine and integrates with Java libraries.
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B.
Ruby
Ruby is the titular woman in the country song "Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town," known for contemplating leaving her disabled veteran husband for another man.
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C.
Ruby
Ruby is a dynamic, object-oriented programming language known for its elegant syntax and its use in the Ruby on Rails web framework.
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D.
TruffleRuby
TruffleRuby is a high-performance implementation of the Ruby programming language built on the GraalVM platform, aiming to provide faster execution and improved tooling compatibility.
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E.
Rubinius
Rubinius is an alternative Ruby implementation featuring a virtual machine and just-in-time compilation, designed for high performance and concurrency.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: IronRuby Target entity description: IronRuby is an implementation of the Ruby programming language built to run on Microsoft's .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR), enabling Ruby code to interoperate with .NET libraries and applications.
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A.
JRuby
JRuby is a high-performance implementation of the Ruby programming language that runs on the Java Virtual Machine and integrates with Java libraries.
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B.
Ruby
Ruby is the titular woman in the country song "Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town," known for contemplating leaving her disabled veteran husband for another man.
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C.
Ruby
Ruby is a dynamic, object-oriented programming language known for its elegant syntax and its use in the Ruby on Rails web framework.
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D.
TruffleRuby
TruffleRuby is a high-performance implementation of the Ruby programming language built on the GraalVM platform, aiming to provide faster execution and improved tooling compatibility.
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E.
Rubinius
Rubinius is an alternative Ruby implementation featuring a virtual machine and just-in-time compilation, designed for high performance and concurrency.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
.NET language implementation
ⓘ
Ruby implementation ⓘ |
| allows |
embedding Ruby in .NET applications
ⓘ
scripting .NET applications with Ruby ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Ruby
ⓘ
surface form:
Ruby programming language
|
| canBeUsedFor |
building command-line tools on .NET
ⓘ
scripting existing .NET applications ⓘ web development on .NET ⓘ |
| canCall |
.NET Framework classes
ⓘ
C# libraries ⓘ VB.NET libraries ⓘ |
| category |
dynamic language on .NET
ⓘ
implementation of Ruby for .NET ⓘ |
| designedFor |
.NET developers using Ruby
ⓘ
Ruby developers targeting .NET ⓘ |
| developedBy |
Microsoft
ⓘ
Microsoft Dynamic Language Runtime team ⓘ |
| developmentStatus | discontinued ⓘ |
| enables |
interoperability with .NET applications
ⓘ
interoperability with .NET libraries ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
access to .NET reflection APIs
ⓘ
dynamic dispatch via DLR ⓘ |
| implements | Ruby language semantics ⓘ |
| integratesWith |
ASP.NET
ⓘ
Silverlight ⓘ |
| languageParadigm |
dynamic programming language
ⓘ
object-oriented programming ⓘ |
| license | Microsoft Public License (Ms-PL) ⓘ |
| name | IronRuby self-link ⓘ |
| openSource | true ⓘ |
| previousRepositoryHost | CodePlex ⓘ |
| primaryDeveloper | John Lam ⓘ |
| repositoryHost | GitHub ⓘ |
| runsOn |
Common Language Runtime
ⓘ
surface form:
.NET Common Language Runtime
.NET Framework ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft .NET Framework
|
| supports |
Ruby standard library (partially)
ⓘ
Ruby syntax ⓘ calling .NET code from Ruby ⓘ calling Ruby code from .NET ⓘ interactive console (REPL) ⓘ |
| supportsInteropWith | IronPython ⓘ |
| supportsPlatform |
.NET-compatible platforms
ⓘ
Windows ⓘ |
| targetRuntime |
Common Language Runtime
ⓘ
surface form:
.NET CLR
Dynamic Language Runtime ⓘ |
| uses | Dynamic Language Runtime ⓘ |
| writtenIn |
C# programming language
ⓘ
surface form:
C#
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: IronRuby Description of subject: IronRuby is an implementation of the Ruby programming language built to run on Microsoft's .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR), enabling Ruby code to interoperate with .NET libraries and applications.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.