Ruby strength and usage
I am new in ruby dont know the strength about ruby. I have some idea about ruby on rails for building web application so now i want to know about area where we can use ruby like is ruby only useful for web based application or we can write stand alone application also. like C and C++ can we write hardware level code or not. I tried to find my answer on google but did not get it and its my humble request give me guideline or some useful link to explore my knowledge and please dont close this question i am not interested in reputation i am just interested in my answer so please co-prate with me and my question .

Want a full over view and aspect of ruby its all about my future. 
Ruby strength and usage
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I am new in ruby dont know the strength about ruby. I have some idea about ruby on rails for building web application so now i want to know about area where we can use ruby like is ruby only useful for web based application or we can write stand alone application also. like C and C++ can we write hardware level code or not. I tried to find my answer on google but did not get it and its my humble request give me guideline or some useful link to explore my knowledge and please dont close this question i am not interested in reputation i am just interested in my answer so please co-prate with me and my question .

Want a full over view and aspect of ruby its all about my future. 