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Perhaps this is nostalgia for times irretreviably past, but if someone were to start building toolkits and projects in almost _any_ language with the love and c
by Arubis 8y ago
Perhaps this is nostalgia for times irretreviably past, but if someone were to start building toolkits and projects in almost _any_ language with the love and care and quirkiness that _why brought to the table, I'd almost certainly be writing that language as my primary within a year.
I miss you, _why.
- supermatt 8y agoI got into ruby because of _why. I wouldn’t be where I am without that. I’ve found a similar feeling in the javascript community. There’s a few characters who have changed the way we even recognise the language these days. It’s not quite _why’s beautifully artistic approach, but it has been genuinely exciting working with JavaScript in the last decade.
- andrei_says_ 8y agoCould you share some of your favorite writings?
- jxub 8y agoFrom looking at his profile picture on wikipedia I suspect that he doubles as a popular Hollywood actor that goes by the name of Jack Black: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_the_lucky_stiff https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_the_lucky_stiff
- oliyoung 8y ago_why was a huge, huge part of my learning Ruby, when he left it left a huge hole in the community