In Ruby , do multi line comments require the begin and end keywords after the # character?

Question

Ruby code multi line comment question

Answer 1

It is
=begin
some comment
=end
or
# this iscomment also.
# and this too.

Answer 2

Trying this in Code playground, the begin and end are needed.

If they're not present, a syntax error is generated.

https://code.sololearn.com/cV2WJ0dWK3xc/?ref=app