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<h1>The Core and the Standard Library</h1>
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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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<li>Numbers (integers, floats)</li>
<li>Strings</li>
<li>Arrays</li>
<li>Hashes</li>
<li>Files</li>
<li>Regular expressions</li>
<li>Symbols</li>
<li>Threads</li>
<li>Times and dates</li>
<li>…and many more.</li>
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<p>Most likely, this is not going to be enough. That’s when the Standard Library comes into play: it’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>
<p>Unlike core classes, standard libraries must be required specifically if needed, before they can be used.</p>
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<p>On core libraries and the Standard Library, checkout the official documentation:</p>
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<li><a href="http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/">Core Reference</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib/">Standard Library Reference</a></li>
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<p>Overwhelmed? Don’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’t regret it!</p>
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