"I believe consistency and orthogonality are tools of design, not the primary goal in design." ― Yukihiro Matsumoto Topic(s): Design More From Yukihiro Matsumoto "Actually, I didn’t make the claim that Ruby follows the principle of least surprise. Someone felt the design of Ruby follows that philosophy, so they started saying that. I didn’t bring that up, actually." More In Design "It is not that you do wrong by design, but that you should never do right by mistake."― Junius "Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance."― Francois de La Rochefoucauld "Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people’s actions, and see what they would be at, as often as it is practicable; and to make this custom the more significant, practice it first upon yourself."― Marcus Aurelius