Most of the tasks we do are for humans. For example, a tax calculation is counting — Yukihiro Matsumoto
I didn’t work hard to make ruby perfect for everyone, because you feel differently from me. — Yukihiro Matsumoto
I believe consistency and orthogonality are tools of design, not the primary goal in design. — Yukihiro Matsumoto
Because of the turing completeness theory, everything one turing-complete language can — Yukihiro Matsumoto
From the viewpoint of what you can do, therefore, languages do differ – but the differences are limited. — Yukihiro Matsumoto
Actually, I didn’t make the claim that ruby follows the principle of least surprise. — Yukihiro Matsumoto
You want to enjoy life, don’t you? if you get your job done quickly and your job is fun — Yukihiro Matsumoto
Ruby inherited the perl philosophy of having more than one way to do the same thing. — Yukihiro Matsumoto