I think matz's thoughts on the direction of Ruby are articulated here:

http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/oopsla2002/mgp00001.html

On Thursday, December 12, 2002, at 04:07 AM, Shannon Fang wrote:

>> it's the MATZ'S position that Ruby will never be REAL WORLD language.
>> it's his own toy and never will appreciate features needed for
>> corporate use
> Is it really Matz's opinion, and the direction of Ruby?
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