Ruby Thought Leader Retracts Attack on Father Of Java
It always helps to listen to the full context.
(A few days ago, the blogosphere is abuzz with attacks on James Gosling for a comment he made at a conference. The Ruby people was particularly vicious.)
Curt Hibbs: UPDATE: It turns out that’s not precisely what he said… close, but enough of a difference for me to retract what I’ve said. Jump to the end for more…
UPDATE: Bill Venners just posted a transcript, which was not available before. Reading the actual transcript shows a much more reasonable point of view than was implied by the slightly inaccurate “soundbite”.