Rails - Feb 2006 - what is gem?

Ruby is a language and Rails is a framework.

but what is gem?I am new for RoR. I need your help.

Thanks

Mark

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a gem is a way to distribute a ruby app/lib...

gem is a packageformat, that developers can choose to adopt.

gem, the executable, is a package manager, able to install/remove gem  
packages, taking care of versions etc...

On Monday, February 20, 2006, at 6:35 AM, mark sheran
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>Ruby is a language and Rails is a framework.
>
>but what is gem?I am new for RoR. I need your help.
>
>Thanks
>
>Mark
>
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On 2/19/06, mark sheran <markshen2004@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Ruby is a language and Rails is a framework.
>
> but what is gem?I am new for RoR. I need your help.
It''s a package tool.

http://docs.rubygems.org/