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I didn't work hard to make Ruby perfect for everyone, because you feel differently from me. No language can be perfect for everyone. I tried to make Ruby perfect for me, but maybe it's not perfect for you. The perfect language for Guido van Rossum is probably Python.

Yukihiro Matsumoto

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Yukihiro Matsumoto
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: April 14
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