Yes. This would also explain why Ruby became popular in corporate America. It gives the appearance of being an OO language, so it can be sold to management as s

Yes. This would also explain why Ruby became popular in corporate America. It gives the appearance of being an OO language, so it can be sold to management as such, but it really is more of a Lisp in disguise. So in practice it's OO language with a hidden escape hatch. Just if only it wasn't so dang slow...