Yukihiro Matsumoto
9/6/2008 9:02:00 AM
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.