From: Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...>
Date: 2008-09-06T18:02:21+09:00
Subject: Re: Who's Charles angry at?

Hi,

In message "Re: Who's Charles angry at?"
    on Sat, 6 Sep 2008 15:22:28 +0900, "Bill Kelly" <billk@cts.com> writes:

|> As someone mentioned in the comments on your blog, I think the 
|> root source of the difference between how Jython and JRuby are regarded 
|> is that there is no risk of Jython ever supplanting Python. If Jython 
|> strays too far, it's simply not a Python implementation any longer. Ruby 
|> really has no concrete way of saying "this is Ruby" or "this is not 
|> Ruby".
|
|My feeling as a lurker on ruby-core, is that all implementations (and
|implementors) so far honor matz as the final authority, benevolent
|dictator, and lead designer of the ruby language.

+1 They have declared they'd follow "Ruby", and we have good
relationship.  We no reason to worry about.  I feel great sympathy
with Charles.  If they really want to "change" the language, they can
just ask me before forking.

							matz.