top | item 21675623 Ask HN: Why Ruby not preinstalled in GNU/Linux distribution? 1 points| merbot | 6 years ago | reply I was learning ruby recently. When installing ruby via its version manager, I realized that Python or Perl usually preinstalled in GNU/Linux distribution. Why ruby not preinstalled in GNU/Linux distribution? 1 comment order hn newest [+] [-] tachyons|6 years ago|reply Because many of the default CLI and GUI tools in Gnu/Linux are written in Python. So including Python interpreter is necessary.
[+] [-] tachyons|6 years ago|reply Because many of the default CLI and GUI tools in Gnu/Linux are written in Python. So including Python interpreter is necessary.
[+] [-] tachyons|6 years ago|reply