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Matz has cited a number of inspirations, including Perl, Python, Lisp, Smalltalk, Self (I think), and CLU.

He's also referred to Ruby as "Matz Lisp."



> He's also referred to Ruby as "Matz Lisp."

So when does the "enlightenment experience" Eric Raymond promised come ? Or did Matz take it all :-D




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