To understand Ruby, and why anyone including a startup wants to use it, you need to understand more about its founder, Matz. He is a truly amazing individual.

To understand Ruby, and why anyone including a startup wants to use it, you need to understand more about its founder, Matz. He is a truly amazing individual. Here's a recent interview with Matz from RubyConf13 (Miami Nov 2013) http://multifaceted.io/2013/rubyconf-13-a-chat-with-matz/ http://multifaceted.io/2013/rubyconf-13-a-chat-with-matz/ that may be of interest. It's about making developers happy…