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Add Ruby file extension to Ruby from Other Languages

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Assessment

Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
Under an hour
Newbie friendliness
58/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
ruby
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Find the source for the Ruby from Other Languages help page and read its existing comparison with Python. Add the requested note about Ruby files using the .rb extension, then verify that the rendered page contains the new sentence.

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Description

As a ruby beginner reading the help pages I would recommend adding something like: "In comparison to Python, Ruby files have the extension .rb" to the Ruby from Other Languages page.

Dominant language
HTML
Stars
944
Forks
673
Avg merge
2d 6h
Merged PRs (30d)
9

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