From: James Britt <james_b@...>
Date: 2006-04-02T09:47:35+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Goes to the Sun

David Vallner wrote:
> Dňa Sobota 01 Apríl 2006 17:31 James Britt napísal:
> 
>>I've not seen this translated anyplace, but the Japanese Ruby site has
>>an announcement about Ruby being bought (yeah, I was surprised, too) by
>>Sun Microsystems; Matz is moving to California!
>>
>>The purchase takes effect on Christmas; in preparation for Sun
>>ownership, Matz is adding static typing (so it plays better with
>>Java(tm)), and replacing those annoying "end" keywords with significant
>>indentation, a la Python.  (You'll get used to it.)  The new name will
>>be Ruby 2 Enterprise Edition 3000.
>>
>>The best part, though, is that James Gosling will be adding an
>>interplanetary navigation library.  Pretty sweet!
> 
> 
> Pffft, -waaay- too obvious. I prefer April's Fools jokes that are completely 
> believable. Setting up hoax sites with fake news articles would gain major 
> bonus points ;P Possibly an interview with the Sun CEO as a mild giveaway ;P
> 

You forgot the link.


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James Britt

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