The front end is still Ruby, the replaced the messaging systems with something more suitable.

Started with ST Basic on the Atari 520ST, taught me how to control flow and break steps down. Followed with TurboPascal in college, it was ancient then but taught me a lot about strict languages and how to do a lot with a little. University - time for OO. Objects First with Java was a great book, because it taught how to think OO - have since done professional work in C++, PHP, Ruby, Python, Java, C#. I'll never stop learning - if a new tool can do something better than my current toolbox, I need to know it before everyone I know or work with it, only way to stay valuable.