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RUBY PYTHON
1995
YUKIHIRO MATSUMOTO “MATZ”
"I WANTED A SCRIPTING LANGUAGE THAT
WAS MORE POWERFUL THAN PERL, AND
MORE OBJECT-ORIENTED THAN PYTHON.
THAT'S WHY I DECIDED TO DESIGN MY OWN
LANGUAGE."
CODE DESIGN
FUN
FLEXIBLE
1991
GUIDO VAN ROSSUM
COMPUTATION EFFICIENCES
SIMPLE & BEAUTIFUL
EXPLICT
“NOW, IT'S MY BELIEF THAT PYTHON IS A
LOT EASIER THAN TO TEACH TO STUDENTS
PROGRAMMING AND TEACH THEM C OR C++
OR JAVA AT THE SAME TIME BECAUSE ALL
THE DETAILS OF THE LANGUAGES ARE SO
MUCH HARDER. OTHER SCRIPTING
LANGUAGES REALLY DON'T WORK VERY
WELL THERE EITHER.”