The languages contain some similarities with syntax but are extremely different in some respects.

comparing	Ruby	Modern Pascal
case bondage	case sensitive	case insensitive
type system	dynamic typing, no strong declarations	strong static typing with ways to escape
write line to std out	puts()	writeln()
write to stdout	print()	write()
incrementing	i += 1 i = i + n	inc(i); i:= i + n;
loop keyword	yes	no, use while or repeat
while loop	while condition something end while (conditions) something1 something2 end	while condition do something; while (conditions) do begin something1; something2; end;
by value parameters	default	default
by reference parameters	not available	available, prefix function parameters with VAR keyword
semicolon is terminator	no, like Basic	yes, terminates statement
single line comments	# comment	// comment
multi line comments	=begin comments =end	(* these comments *) { or these }
object purism	everything tries to be an object	not everything tries to be an object
assignment operator	=	:=
equal comparison	==	=
less than	<	same
greater than	>	same
built in string type	yes	yes
string character access	s[i].chr	s[i]
string character ordinal value access	s[i]	ord(s[i])
pointers available	huh?	yes
pointers to chars	huh?	pchar type ( ^char)
procedures/function available outside classes	can be faked using global DEF's	yes
Class Garbage Collection	yes	no (but can use old objects or records on the stack without even a free or create call needed)
String Garbage Collection	yes	yes (reference counted)
String bigger than 255 chars	yes	yes