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cleverjake on Jan 30, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ryan Dahl steps down

Wow, what was the last language whose creator stepped down so quickly? Either way, Isaac has been a huge source of energy since the beginning, so im glad its going to him.

Congrats all around

pistoriusp on Jan 30, 2012 | [–]

He didn't invent the language. Just a platform that runs a language.

petercooper on Jan 31, 2012 | [–]

Inane trivia alert.. Ryan was at the helm of Node.js 2009-2012. The original JRuby creator, Jan Arne Petersen, was at the helm 2001-2004.

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