The Changelog #202: 23 Years of Ruby with Matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
The origins of the Ruby programming language
The Changelog #202: 23 Years of Ruby with Matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto) launched on May 7, 2016 with 79 votes, #668 of 3,824 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was not reachable when checked in September 2026.
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