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18.
A Better Way
Do we really need header files,
verbose types, and crazy sigils?
19.
A Better Way
Ruby
"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."
20.
A Better Way
Why didn’t C, Java, or Perl “optimize for
programmer happiness”?
• Technical limitations
• Laziness
• Complacency
21.
The Problem…
“Optimize for programmer happiness”
– Matz
“We’re not happy…”
– Every programmer
…ever