A Few Matz Answers #
From the Q&A:
Q: Do you feel that Ruby is still “yours”? Or is it outside your realm now?
A: “Sometimes I see what you don’t see. I don’t want to be a dictator, I try to explain eveything before I make a decision, but I do want to be understood before I make a final decision.”
Q: What is your take on the Ruby Gems debate?
A: I love Ruby Gems. It’s OK to pull into the standard distro, but preferably after some remaining issues are resolved, for example on how to integrate with other packaging systems (such as Debian’s). It could get into 1.8.4 but as is, would not be supported by the Ruby core developers.
Q: Are there any features in other languages that you admire that you want to bring in to Ruby that you haven’t had a chance to pull in yet?
A: “The selector-namespace in Javascript … and several other things.”
Q: Are there any projects in Ruby that need to be done where there just isn’t enough manpower to complete?
A: I think it’s not a matter of human resources, but it’s kind of hard for us to find bugs. So please use Ruby and find those bugs and submit them. Especially with those weird language features.
Many more over at Mundane Essays. G’luck to everyone who presents tomorrow. Sounds like Ryan’s a basketcase, someone tell him he’s going to be okay. I basically fell on my face at OSCON and everybody just went with it. People do that.
why
These notes add that Matz’ young son has not yet expressed interest in programming, but wants to be a baker.
mfp
If you’re wondering why matz’ son wants to be a baker,
http://www.yakitate-japan.com/
might be the answer.
PS: It’d be nice if this worked >> 焼きたてジャぱん
mfp
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MenTaLguY
The burning question which remains unanswered: what is to be the fate of goalposts?
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Maybe Matz’ son wants to be a baker now because he’s heard the goalposts are going away. There’s just no point in going on with programming. Many of us will be considering alternate career paths soon. Baking. Dentistry. Auto Mechanics. Art. I think someone will end up writing a bestselling book titled: “Who reMoved my goalposts?” as a result of all this. I just hope this change doesn’t lead to the creation of a new army of lawyers. Lawschools choked with new applicants. We don’t need that folks. Choose a non-legal profession but not an illegal one.
Amazing what a seemingly small change in a programming language can lead to.
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Maybe Matz’ son wants to be a baker now because he’s heard the goalposts are going away. There’s just no point in going on with programming. Many of us will be considering alternate career paths soon. Baking. Dentistry. Auto Mechanics. Art. Firefighting. Cowboy. I think someone will end up writing a bestselling book titled: “Who reMoved my goalposts?” as a result of all this. I just hope this change doesn’t lead to the creation of a new army of lawyers. Lawschools choked with new applicants. We don’t need that folks. Choose a non-legal profession but not an illegal one.
Amazing what a seemingly small change in a programming language can lead to.
Ezra Zygmuntowicz
Here is a message where matz says that the {||...} will never go away
In message “Re: ruby-dev summary 26468-26661” on Fri, 5 Aug 2005 10:09:55 +0900, Ezra Zygmuntowicz writes:
|I think one of the first things that |attracted me to ruby is the {|x|...} |syntax. So please leave my happy little |blocks alone. Or at |least leave them as an option.
Don’t worry. The block syntax will not be changed. Never.
Lyle
For the record, Matz also said at some point during his keynote address on Saturday night that the “goalposts” aren’t going away.
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