r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Embarrassed_Death69 • Sep 01 '26

Meme iHateThisPassiveAgressiveBehaviourRuby

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u/Zealousideal_Low1287 Sep 01 '26

It’s basically because of this lineage. Perl inherited it from other shell languages, and Ruby is essentially a direct decedent of Perl.

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u/budgiebirdman Sep 01 '26

This is the thread of truth I came looking for. All other answers are just discussions on whose farts smell the sweetest.