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Yukihiro Matsumoto

Also Known As Matz · Matsumoto Yukihiro · Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto
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Yukihiro Matsumoto, known as Matz, is a Japanese computer scientist who released the first version of the Ruby programming language on 21 December 1995 and still leads development of its reference implementation, MRI (Matz's Ruby Interpreter). This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Birth Year
1965 1
Birth Date
1965-04-14 1
Nationality
Japanese 1
Yukihiro Matsumoto
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Yukihiro Matsumoto
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Ruby, Programming Languages
Source Wikipedia: Ruby (programming language)
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1. Wikipedia: Yukihiro Matsumoto
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Matsumoto released the first version of the Ruby programming language on 21 December 1995.
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Yukihiro Matsumoto (Wikidata)
  • Wikidata alias: Matz
    Matz
  • Wikidata P166: FSF Award for the Advancement of Free Software
    Wikidata P166 (award received): FSF Award for the Advancement of Free Software.
  • Wikidata alias: Matsumoto Yukihiro
    Matsumoto Yukihiro
  • Wikidata alias: Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto
    Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto
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Wikipedia: Ruby (programming language)
Wikimedia FoundationInvented: RubyView the Source
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