From: Simen Edvardsen <toalett@...>
Date: 2006-08-12T00:33:04+09:00
Subject: Re: does ":" have an anolog in another language?

On 8/11/06, J�rgen Strobel <strobel@secure.at> wrote:
> Here's a quote from Matz, not sure where it originally came from. I
> had it in some of my notes and possible presentations material.
> If anyone knows this to be misattributed, please correct me:
>

That's from a mailing list post, here's a link (I believe) works:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/msg/6c885c3e11445122

> -----
> Ruby is a language designed in the following steps:
>
>   * take a simple lisp language (like one prior to CL).
>   * remove macros, s-expression.
>   * add simple object system (much simpler than CLOS).
>   * add blocks, inspired by higher order functions.
>   * add methods found in Smalltalk.
>   * add functionality found in Perl (in OO way).
>
> So, Ruby was a Lisp originally, in theory.
> Let's call it MatzLisp from now on. ;-)
>
>                                                         matz.
> -----
>
> So yes, he explicitly started with something Lisp like, and added
> Smalltalk's object model along with Perl's good stuff. If I had to add
> anoher language there I would say C, because even if Ruby is very
> different from C a lot of C-isms (or POSIX-isms) shine through where
> Ruby is just a layer over the C std. library.
>
> -J�rgen
>
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>  The box said it requires Windows 95 or better so I installed Linux
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- Simen