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Feb 2015
29m 41s

Creating Ruby with Yukihiro Matsumoto (M...

SCOTT HANSELMAN
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Scott was in Japan at the GoAzure event in January and had the pleasure of interviewing Yukihiro Matsumoto (Matz), the creator of the Ruby language! What motivates Matz and how did that motivation drive the creation and direction of Ruby?

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