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by ddellacosta 320 days ago
Given that Matz considers both Perl and Lisp an influence, what's your take on Ruby? If homoiconicity is something you care about it's probably dissatisfying, but it's got a lot of very functional aspects at the same time.
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"Ruby is the love child of Lisp and Smalltalk, raised by Perl the eccentric nanny" - Josh Susser