I really don't think Larry meant that to be condescending. The "worst" I could imagine is that he was poking a little fun at Ruby programmers. I'm sure he was

I really don't think Larry meant that to be condescending. The "worst" I could imagine is that he was poking a little fun at Ruby programmers. I'm sure he was just trying to be funny, but sometimes it's easy to misinterpret what people mean when you don't actually hear them say it, but only read it in print. I'd be very surprised if the comment was at all malicious.