Hi,

matz / zetabits.com (Yukihiro Matsumoto) wrote:
> |In Amazon.com, there is `The Ruby Programming Language' page,
> |and the page say 'This item will be published on January 12,
> |2001'. Is it on sale now?
> 
> Well, that date was by mistake I think.  I haven't sent the reviewed
> manuscript yet, so that it won't be out very soon.

OK. I like to wait to publish Ruby books :-)

> |And who is `Yukio Matsumoto'?  Is he translator?  or misprint?
> |Or is it pan name of Keiju-san? :-)
> 
> I think it was coined by removing three letters from my name.
> It happened to be my father's name.  But I don't think he wrote any
> book on Ruby.

Oh, he is not Ruby's father, but Ruby's father's father!

TAKAHASHI Masayoshi (maki / inac.co.jp)