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Perhaps Ruby isn't for you then? Matz's intent was and has been to bring joy and delight to developers, with the odd combination of PERL, LISP, and Smalltalk a
by sleight42 3y ago
Perhaps Ruby isn't for you then?
Matz's intent was and has been to bring joy and delight to developers, with the odd combination of PERL, LISP, and Smalltalk as his inspirations. Joy and delight don't necessarily equate with "most practical". But joy and delight are wonderful and healthful qualities to cultivate for a good life!
_why embodied much of the spirit of the (at least earlier) Ruby community. We were software developer immigrants, many coming from prescriptive verbose technologies (I'm looking at you, Java!). We were eager for novel ways of expressing our ideas. Ruby's metaprogramming capabilities are, as far as I know, still all but unmatched beyond perhaps Smalltalk itself (and IO, which AFAIK no one uses seriously). _why's playfulness captured all of this in elegant and sometimes bizarre but often artistic expressions in his projects and code.
I will never regret or apologize for the Ruby community's appreciation for the Poignant Guide.
And, _why, wherever you are and whoever you are, thanks.
- vario 3y ago[flagged]
- lagniappe 3y ago> Typical deficit in reading comprehension is the hallmark of the mediocre mind. Are you insulting the person who responded to your comment?
- qup 3y agoonly if he's multi accounting
- vario 3y agoInterpretation depends on the reader. Was I insulting anyone or was I making a general statement? It can go both ways. If you read my original comment, I expressed dis-preference for why_'s book, which is responsible for my not learning Ruby for a long long time. People like these take something good and make a joke out of it. My original comment points to this--not at all about Matz and Ruby--both of which I like. Yet, the person responding to my comment, without reading my comment carefully or understanding it, twisted my comment into saying 'perhaps you don't like Ruby' by saying the passive aggressive 'Ruby is not for you' which is a tacit insult (meaning, I am too stupid to get it). Do you see now how it escalated because the other person condescended?
- vario 3y agoRead his comment very carefully and you will see that I have merely returned the favor :)
- sleight42 3y agoI'm sorry you feel that way. Sure, Ruby is for anyone who wants to use it.
- vario 3y agoOnce again, let me spell it for you. I haev no problem with Ruby. I just did not like why_'s bullshit. Make sense to you now? I respect Matz and his achievements.