I think this is the right move. Thank you to Ruby Core and Matz for stepping up and providing stability to the language and community as a whole.
The pickaxe guys coined it. People repeat it without thinking about it.
If matz were to say "jump from the bridge", people would do it, because matz is nice?
Just to point out: I do think matz is nice and a great language designer. That in itself doesn't mean anything. Why would I proxy my own decisions based on any mindless slogan? That makes no sense. Why do people in the ruby ecosystem keep on repeating those pointless slogans?
I don't know about the Ruby community, but I've seen this sort of complaint made about many other online spaces (including HN) and my general finding is that it simply isn't true. The problem is that for a proper call-out, both form and content matter, and most people in a mindset to make call-outs don't seem very interested in norms surrounding either of those things. Especially the part where part of good form is accepting that not all kind, well-meaning people have the same moral values and calculus.
> Try calling out Python's inner circle politely while they are openly rude to you.
...You do know who you're responding to, right? I have first-hand experience of that (https://zahlman.github.io/posts/2024/07/31/an-open-letter-to...). (Although I don't think most of their rudeness is intentional; it seems to come from a failure to understand that not everyone has the same social norms.) I spoke in generalities for a reason.
The current situation is ultimately mostly about callouts of DHH, which are happening all over the place (including here) and the form and substance of most of those callouts is... not good.
If by both statements you mean "all children must be in exactly the same position", yes ... but that's a wilfully obtuse interpretation.
The statement is ambiguous. I interpret it as "no child left behind THE STANDARD FOR THEIR AGE". In that interpretation, other kids being ahead of that standard doesn't mean the other kids have to be behind the standard. Every kid could be not "left behind" the standard even if some are ahead of the standard.
Of course, NCLB has a lot of other issues, but I think the name isn't the issue.
As always, there's a relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1170/
...but seriously, what on earth do you think you're saying here?
Exactly, why would you? But ignoring a hypothetical communal bridge jumping situation, do you have a problem with Matz having stewardship over RubyGems? Use your own thinking. If you're okay with it, then... is it because Matz is nice?
I don't think I've ever seen Matz be rude to anyone on the Ruby bug tracker. I've actually witnessed him deal with controversial topics firmly yet gracefully, making decisions that avoid turmoil in the community and that leave no room for escalation into flamewars. Other projects weren't so lucky.
I wrote some Ruby in my teenage years and his conduct certainly made an impression on me. I try to remember this guy whenever I get too angry about stuff. We should all try to be more like him.
That's what the phrase is saying, by the way. It's an encouragement to follow in his footsteps.