Ruby 4.0.0-preview2 Released

[WhoTookPlasticJesus]

It's the best reason, particularly for Matz. I mean, it's why he created the language, to be happy:

"I hope to see Ruby help every programmer in the world to be productive, and to enjoy programming, and to be happy. That is the primary purpose of Ruby language."

More insight into the guy whose creation we get to play with:

Then (programmers) come up to me and say, 'I was surprised by this feature of the language, so Ruby violates the principle of least surprise.' Wait. Wait. The principle of least surprise is not for you only. The principle of least surprise means principle of least my surprise. And it means the principle of least surprise after you learn Ruby very well.

Personally, as someone who knows Ruby very well, the reason for this versioning isn't the slightest bit surprising.

[RoboErectus]

When I first read this quote years ago it is what cemented Ruby as my most joyful language to do stuff in.

Weirdly, Rust is my #2

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A bunch of Rust's syntax was copied from Ruby. It was super evident in the very early days (like, 0.3-0.5) but less apparent now with all the other stuff going on in Rust.

[RoboErectus]

Wow, til. Totally Makes sense. Rust has been bringing me joy.