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(Ruby) #{} substitution shouldn't be highlighted in single quotes
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Description
**Describe the issue**
In Ruby, single quote and double quote strings work differently:
> In addition to disabling interpolation [(`#{}` syntax)], single-quoted strings also disable all escape sequences except for the single-quote (`\'`) and backslash (`\\`).
https://docs.ruby-lang.org/en/3.1/syntax/literals_rdoc.html#label-Strings
But in ruby.js, they are implemented identically
https://github.com/highlightjs/highlight.js/blob/9c49a4298a981e960b6d112c746d998d51e1d1e8/src/languages/ruby.js#L132-L139
which leads it to incorrectly highlight `#{}` substitutions in single quoted strings which actually have no effect, they are just literal `#{}` characters (in the "`github`" theme):

instead of highlighting it as a string, like it does if we remove the `#`:

**Which language seems to have the issue?**
Ruby
**Are you using `highlight` or `highlightAuto`?**
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**Expected behavior**
Single and double quoted strings should have separate highlighting rules for Ruby.
**Additional context**
https://docs.ruby-lang.org/en/3.1/syntax/literals_rdoc.html#label-Strings
Unrelated, but for double quoted strings, that page also lists a couple interpolation syntax shorthands that are not implemented in the highlight.js grammar:
> You can also use `#@foo`, `#@@foo` and `#$foo` as a shorthand for, respectively, `#{ @foo }`, `#{ @@foo }` and `#{ $foo }`.
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