From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@...>
Date: 2008-01-06T13:18:45+09:00
Subject: Re: Zed Shaw - Ruby has dodged a bullet

Chad Perrin wrote:
> I've seen people, from time to time, chime into a slightly heated debate
> with the words "What would Matz do?" or something to that effect.

Well, what Matz *did* was create a new language because none of the
others were exactly what he wanted. Now, I've been there -- decades ago,
actually. None of the existing languages were exactly what I wanted
either. But there wasn't a way one could build a world-wide community in
 those days without being a multinational corporation or being part of
one. APL, for example, probably would never have taken off if Kenneth
Iverson had invented it in a university instead of at IBM.