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senlesliewisoky67 Once a rattlesnake bit him, after 5 days of excruciating pain, the snake finally died
karldouglas36 Smart people underestimate the ordinarity of ordinary people.
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clementstokes7 Everyone has an individual background. Someone may come from Python, someone else may come from Perl, and they may be surprised by different aspects of the language. Then they come up to me and say, 'I was surprised by this feature of the language, so therefore Ruby violates the principle of least surprise.' Wait. Wait. The principle of least surprise is not for you only.
almost 2 years ago •
clementstokes7 You want to enjoy life, don't you? If you get your job done quickly and your job is fun, that's good isn't it? That's the purpose of life, partly. Your life is better.
almost 2 years ago •
yasmincrist82 Sometimes people jot down pseudo-code on paper. If that pseudo-code runs directly on their computers, its best, isn't it? Ruby tries to be like that, like pseudo-code that runs. Python people say that too.
almost 2 years ago •
yasmincrist82 I believe consistency and orthogonality are tools of design, not the primary goal in design.
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clementstokes7 I hope to see Ruby help every programmer in the world to be productive, and to enjoy programming, and to be happy. That is the primary purpose of Ruby language.
almost 2 years ago •
portertillmaniii27 Ruby inherited the Perl philosophy of having more than one way to do the same thing. I inherited that philosophy from Larry Wall, who is my hero actually. I want to make Ruby users free. I want to give them the freedom to choose.
almost 2 years ago •
clementstokes7 Sometimes people jot down pseudo-code on paper. If that pseudo-code runs directly on their computers, its best, isn't it? Ruby tries to be like that, like pseudo-code that runs. Python people say that too.
almost 2 years ago •