From: Laurent Sansonetti <lrz@...>
Date: 2004-02-25T05:55:55+09:00
Subject: Re: Congrats to Matz...working 11 years on Ruby and counting!

On Tue, 2004-02-24 at 16:15, Richard Kilmer wrote:
> For 11 years of composing Ruby -
> 
> Matz started Ruby on 24 February 93
> His vision for a language where objects were free
> For those that embrace Ruby, yielding laughter and joy
> For those trapped in other languages, to confuse and annoy
> 
> A dash of regexp with blocks to delight
> Its all in the recipe that makes Ruby just right
> One day we will watch as Rite and Ruby two-dot-o
> Change again the landscape of this world that we know
> 
> But to the community that embraces change as the norm
> Let us continue to build up this tempest to a storm
> And further the vision that Matz has begun
> Showing the world that programming in Ruby is fun!
> 

Rich, this is very beautiful, you should had said that in your FOSDEM
talk ;-)

Cheers,

--
Laurent