Why Ruby?

[Nick Sabalausky]

"Walter Bright" <newshound2 at digitalmars.com> wrote in message 
news:ier98d$1ecj$1 at digitalmars.com...
> Jonathan M Davis wrote:
>> On Tuesday, December 21, 2010 13:37:55 Walter Bright wrote:
>>> retard wrote:
>>>> "Book: You must always do A and should also prefer choices like B."
>>>>
>>>> "Me: why?"
>>>>
>>>> "Book: Just do it, don't think."
>>> A novice follows the rules because he is told to.
>>>
>>> A master follows the rules because he understands them.
>>>
>>> A guru breaks the rules because the rules don't always apply.
>>
>> So, is that a (possibly paraphrased) quote or just highly quotable?
>
> I heard it a very long time ago, and I do not know where it originated, or 
> even if it wasn't just coined by my friends.

Sounds a bit Zen Buddhist or maybe Taoist to me.