# The creator of Ruby explains why Ruby sucks **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [May 27, 2008, 9:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-creator-of-ruby-explains-why-ruby-sucks/138726 "2008-05-27T09:16:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![S2S2S2](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@S2S2S2](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/S2S2S2)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 9:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-creator-of-ruby-explains-why-ruby-sucks/138726/1 "2008-05-27T09:16:52Z")
[http://www.rubyist.net/~matz/slides/rc2003/index.html](http://www.rubyist.net/~matz/slides/rc2003/index.html) [http://news.ycombinator.com/](http://news.ycombinator.com/) ---
**Author:** ![S2S2S2](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@S2S2S2](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/S2S2S2)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 9:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-creator-of-ruby-explains-why-ruby-sucks/138726/2 "2008-05-27T09:20:25Z")
2008/5/27 S2 [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): > [http://www.rubyist.net/~matz/slides/rc2003/index.html](http://www.rubyist.net/~matz/slides/rc2003/index.html) Your point being? This is old stuff. robert ---
**Author:** ![S2S2S2](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@S2S2S2](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/S2S2S2)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 9:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-creator-of-ruby-explains-why-ruby-sucks/138726/3 "2008-05-27T09:25:42Z")
Robert K. wrote: > 2008/5/27 S2 [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): > > > [http://www.rubyist.net/~matz/slides/rc2003/index.html](http://www.rubyist.net/~matz/slides/rc2003/index.html) > > Your point being? nothing. i read this on ycombinator and thought it’s interesting: let’s see what comp.lang.ruby thinks about this. > This is old stuff. sorry. ---
**Author:** ![S2S2S2](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@S2S2S2](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/S2S2S2)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 11:27am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-creator-of-ruby-explains-why-ruby-sucks/138726/4 "2008-05-27T11:27:54Z")
5 years ago already 😉