From: maili31s@... (SugHimsi==SUGIHARA Hiroshi)
Date: 2003-12-25T06:48:31+09:00
Subject: [FYI: historic] The desicive moment of the language name Ruby. (Re: [ANN] ruby 1.8.1)

Thank you matz.

To celebrate this release and a decennial language, I would release a
translation of a historic record; what is the root of the name "Ruby."
If it would be your fun, I should be very happy.

Merry Christmas,

-- 
SugHimsi == SUGIHARA Hiroshi
 'Le style est l'homme m^eme.' (Buffon, 1753)

Subject: [ruby-dev:5173] Re: to_i, to_s Simple question
From: keiju@rational.com (Keiju Ishitsuka)


Extra: The desicive moment of the language name.                   [0]

                               [0] This is a footnote (except [0] ;-).

# Talking on the chat.                                             [1]
# Forgive me Matz, this is without your permission. (__;;;         [2]

        : 

keiju> By the way, do you have considered the name of the language?  
matz> The subsidiary in Hitachi had struck the advertisement       [3]
matz> Well, Tish, if it's like shell enough.
matz> But I want a smarter name.
keiju> Toilet paper?  
matz> That's Tissue
keiju> What does it mean?  
matz> implies nothing
matz> Such a word cannot be found.
keiju> Can I interpret it? Something elliptical?  
matz> No, absolutely no meaning.  Nuance is its all
keiju> It's... 
matz> A meaning is made suitably later.
keiju> possible trick though.  
matz> And, considered for a language name which is designed
      a bit ago to shelve, is Pit
matz> "Hole"
keiju> What's the heck?  
matz> erm, when considered it was some abbreviation, but...
matz> forgotten
keiju> ruby 
keiju> a jewelry name after all 
matz> put it alongside kanji?
matz> why jewel's name?
matz> the influence of Mitsubishi?                                 [4]
keiju> perl 
matz> I see
matz> So why not rubie?  it should                                 [5]
keiju> But, perl is related to a shell.  
matz> Oh, I don't know that
matz> never noticed that
keiju> Possibly the arrival of thorough thought... 
matz> hmmm
keiju> What kind of shellfish can make pearl?  
matz> Any kind is OK
keiju> really?  
keiju> Is it such a thing?  
matz> just with AKOYAGAI is beautiful
keiju> that's it.  
keiju> in English.  
matz> with oyster can make it also
keiju> what's it? 
matz> in Japanese, KAKI
matz> AKOYAGAI is said pearl oyster. useless
keiju> well then oyster 
matz> ruby is better.
matz> I have seen coral somewhere
matz> SANGO
keiju> somewhat i have heard it.  
matz> i remember there's a soft such as coral draw
keiju> bisque is it 
keiju> Nuance of coral is good. 
matz> bisque is cool, but sounds bad
matz> Coral, it may likely be anywhere
keiju> sure it is... 
keiju> something in OS?  
matz> Was it so?  Although it sounds neat
keiju> Can you look at the yellow book?                            [6]
matz> there's Chorus and Clouds
keiju> How quick 
matz> nothing also in the Nikkei book                              [7]
keiju> hmm.  
keiju> then suppose there's not and decide to it?  
matz> Is it no need to look over besides OS?
keiju> Especially a language ... 
matz> language --
keiju> and company name 
keiju> trademark 
matz> Isn't it OK just only to ask an editor?                      [8]
keiju> whether it's there or not.  
matz> Let us decide the codename now
matz> tentative one.
keiju> Ok.  
matz> What is your best up to now?
keiju> I'm content with coral.  
matz> I thought ruby is cool as a codename, isn't it
keiju> Well. ruby is also good.  
matz> But, coral is also good
matz> arrr

Soon after the chat (a mail from Mr. Matsumoto):

  >> >\item codename is ruby or coral*
  > coral has worse impression than perl (perhaps) so quit it.
  >I remember ruby is my birth stone...                            [9]

  Well, then Ruby.

Hence the name Ruby (^^;;;


            [1] At 24 Feb. 1993, in a private chat room.
                This time Matz and Keiju are about 200 km far apart.
                (And the chat is, of course, in Japanese. ;-)
                See also [8].
            [2] This translation itself is on the kind courtesy of
                the conversators' (Matz & Keiju's) permission.
                The workor (SugHimsi) sincerely thanks to them.
            [3] Another story; no concern with the rest.
            [4] Mitsubishi's trademark consists of three diamonds.
            [5] Remember Perl is not straightly 'Pearl'.
            [6] A commentary or a catalog of operating systems.
                I couldn't determine the book.
            [7] Ditto.
            [8] They were making arrangements of their joint work
                on object oriented programming book, which at last
                wasn't published.
                The work had a theme to develop a sample programming
                language (of course object oriented one).
            [9] Keiju speaking.


Acknowledgement: see [2].
                                                That's all, thank you.