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> [People are different. People choose different criteria. But if there is a better way among many alternatives, I want to encourage that way by making it comfortable. So that's what I've tried to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yukihiro-matsumoto/people-are-different-people-choose-different-criteria-but-if-there-is/)

[Yukihiro Matsumoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yukihiro-matsumoto/)

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## More by Yukihiro Matsumoto

> [Plant a memory, plant a tree, do it today for tomorrow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yukihiro-matsumoto/plant-a-memory-plant-a-tree-do-it-today-for-tomorrow/)

[Yukihiro Matsumoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yukihiro-matsumoto/)

> [It is not the responsibility of the language to force good looking code, but the language should make good looking code possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yukihiro-matsumoto/it-is-not-the-responsibility-of-the-language-to-force-good-looking/)

[Yukihiro Matsumoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yukihiro-matsumoto/)

> [You want to enjoy life, don't you? If you get your job done quickly and your job is fun, that's good isn't it? That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yukihiro-matsumoto/you-want-to-enjoy-life-don-t-you-if-you-get-your-job-done-quickly-and/)

[Yukihiro Matsumoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yukihiro-matsumoto/)

> [I believe consistency and orthogonality are tools of design, not the primary goal in design.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yukihiro-matsumoto/i-believe-consistency-and-orthogonality-are-tools-of-design-not-the/)

[Yukihiro Matsumoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yukihiro-matsumoto/)

> [I didn't work hard to make Ruby perfect for everyone, because you feel differently from me. No language can be perfect for everyone. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yukihiro-matsumoto/i-didn-t-work-hard-to-make-ruby-perfect-for-everyone-because-you-feel/)

[Yukihiro Matsumoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yukihiro-matsumoto/)

> [Man is driven to create; I know I really love to create things. And while I'm not good at painting, drawing, or music, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yukihiro-matsumoto/man-is-driven-to-create-i-know-i-really-love-to-create-things-and/)

[Yukihiro Matsumoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yukihiro-matsumoto/)

> [The orthogonal features, when combined, can explode into complexity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yukihiro-matsumoto/the-orthogonal-features-when-combined-can-explode-into-complexity/)

[Yukihiro Matsumoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yukihiro-matsumoto/)

> [Language designers want to design the perfect language. They want to be able to say, 'My language is perfect. It can do everything.' But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yukihiro-matsumoto/language-designers-want-to-design-the-perfect-language-they-want-to/)

[Yukihiro Matsumoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yukihiro-matsumoto/)

> [Actually, I didn't make the claim that Ruby follows the principle of least surprise. Someone felt the design of Ruby follows that philosophy, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yukihiro-matsumoto/actually-i-didn-t-make-the-claim-that-ruby-follows-the-principle-of/)

[Yukihiro Matsumoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yukihiro-matsumoto/)

> [Ruby inherited the Perl philosophy of having more than one way to do the same thing. I inherited that philosophy from Larry Wall, who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yukihiro-matsumoto/ruby-inherited-the-perl-philosophy-of-having-more-than-one-way-to-do/)

[Yukihiro Matsumoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yukihiro-matsumoto/)

> [I hope to see Ruby help every programmer in the world to be productive, and to enjoy programming, and to be happy. That is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yukihiro-matsumoto/i-hope-to-see-ruby-help-every-programmer-in-the-world-to-be/)

[Yukihiro Matsumoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yukihiro-matsumoto/)

> [From the viewpoint of what you can do, therefore, languages do differ - but the differences are limited. For example, Python and Ruby provide…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yukihiro-matsumoto/from-the-viewpoint-of-what-you-can-do-therefore-languages-do-differ/)

[Yukihiro Matsumoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yukihiro-matsumoto/)

> [Most programs are not write-once. They are reworked and rewritten again and again in their lived. Bugs must be debugged. Changing requirements and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yukihiro-matsumoto/most-programs-are-not-write-once-they-are-reworked-and-rewritten/)

[Yukihiro Matsumoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yukihiro-matsumoto/)

> [Most of the tasks we do are for humans. For example, a tax calculation is counting numbers so the government can pull money out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yukihiro-matsumoto/most-of-the-tasks-we-do-are-for-humans-for-example-a-tax-calculation/)

[Yukihiro Matsumoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yukihiro-matsumoto/)

> [Because of the Turing completeness theory, everything one Turing-complete language can do can theoretically be done by another Turing-complete language, but at a different…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yukihiro-matsumoto/because-of-the-turing-completeness-theory-everything-one-turing/)

[Yukihiro Matsumoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yukihiro-matsumoto/)

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