Scripting Octet with JRuby
Richard L. Apodaca · 2006
JRuby is a Java implementation of the Ruby language. It lets developers manipulate Java classes and objects using Ruby syntax. Why would anybody want to do this? One reason is to enable Ruby developers to work with 'legacy' Java code. Another less obvious reason it that Java classes and objects can manipulated interactively with the JRuby version of Interactive Ruby, or irb.