From: Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...>
Date: 2004-10-07T12:50:44+09:00
Subject: Re: Bit of the Matz Interview (in Rubyist Magazine)

Hi,

In message "Re: Bit of the Matz Interview (in Rubyist Magazine)"
    on Thu, 7 Oct 2004 12:24:48 +0900, jmh <j_m_h@cox.net> writes:

|Is the use of the
|same name purely coincidental or is the a connection? I
|wondered about that but never thought to ask.

It's coincident.  We call them "rubi" (in katakana).  I didn't know it
was named after the font named after the gem, at the time I named the
language.  Hmm, naming is a complex job.

By the way, did you know that 5pt font name is Perl.., I mean, Pearl.
I couldn't believe Pearl is smaller than Ruby (5.5pt). ;-)

							matz.