The dark side of Matz

A lighthearted view on what Matz went on record to hate.

Idea and help in research: @bovensiepen

References (uncounted):

https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/trunk/doc/ChangeLog-1.8.0#L13876
https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/trunk/doc/ChangeLog-1.8.0#L20017
https://github.com/mruby/mruby/issues/145#issuecomment-5746724
https://github.com/mruby/mruby/pull/646#issuecomment-11527013
http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-core/39844

Transcript

1. I have no idea what I am doing.
2. I organized 4-6 conferences, regardless. (http://eurucamp.org) (http://jrubyconf.eu)
3. The dark side of Matz
4. MINSWAN
5. Matz is nice so we are nice
6. TRUE?
7. DST The biggest work program since the invention of time itself.
8. Ruby 1.6 release notes (Obsolence doesn’t matter).
9. Thu Apr 5 02:19:03 2001 Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@ruby-lang.org> * time.c (make_time_t): proper (I hope) daylight saving time handling for both US and Europe. I HATE DST!
10. WHOA!
11. What else does Matz hate?
12. Reference counting Sat May 29 12:27:00 1999 Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@netlab.co.jp> * ext/tcltklib/tcltklib.c (ip_invoke): proper ref count management to avoid leak. I HATE REF COUNTING!!
13. Multiple inheritance “ Removing the distinction would mean going back to multiple inheritance, which I hate.”
14. autoload “ I hate autoload. autoload is one of things I regret. I’m not positive about enhancing something that I hate.”
15. What does really enrage him?
16. Non-free software “ VC again? When can I expect MS to stop ignoring more-than 10 years old standard? I’m getting sick of it.”
17. Grading The level of hate in Matz is around 0.01 Linus, which is about 0.001 micro-de-Raadt.