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		<h1>The Core and the Standard Library</h1> 
		<h2>Ruby Compendium</h2>
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							<p>By default, Ruby always loads its core classes and modules when a script is executed. This means that in all Ruby programs you can always instantiate core objects like:</p>
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<p>Most likely, this is not going to be enough. That&#8217;s when the Standard Library comes into play: it&#8217;s a large collection of internal libraries that ships with every Ruby implementations. There are libraries to connect to the Internet, to read/write to various file formats such as <span class="caps">CSV</span> or <span class="caps">YAML</span>, to work with files and paths, access system features, and so on.</p>
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<p>Overwhelmed? Don&#8217;t know where to start? Familiarize yourself with the <a href="http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Enumerable.html">Enumerable</a> module; you won&#8217;t regret it!</p>

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