From: Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...>
Date: 2004-10-21T10:43:34+09:00
Subject: Re: Python vs. Ruby (Re: A concise description of Ruby?)

Hi,

In message "Re: Python vs. Ruby (Re: A concise description of Ruby?)"
    on Thu, 21 Oct 2004 10:24:17 +0900, Florian Gross <flgr@ccan.de> writes:

|@ is used in rogue likes (like NetHack) to represent your*self*. Not 
|sure if this is why matz choose that symbol, but it sure makes sense. :)

I think inspiration came somewhere around rogue actually.  I used to
play rogue a lot.  Now I read "@foo" as "ATtribute foo", which also
makes sense for me.

							matz.