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Actually, I didn't make the claim that Ruby follows the principle of least surprise. Someone felt the design of Ruby follows that philosophy, so they started saying that. I didn't bring that up, actually.


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Author Bio


  • NameYukihiro Matsumoto
  • DescriptionJapanese computer scientist and designer of the Ruby programming language.
  • AliasesMatz
  • BornApril 14, 1965
  • CountryJapan
  • ProfessionComputer Scientist; Engineer; Scientist; Programmer
  • AwardsFSF Free Software Awards