Misc #9503
closedRequest for a Question and Answer section
Description
I often come up with a question regarding why Ruby is designed the way it is with respect to a certain specification. Without knowing why it was designed in that way, I usually start to feel that such thing should be in a different way, and I ask that as a feature on this site, but then, sometimes it is responded from the developers with a reason why it has to be the way it is.
When I have such question, I first try to look for answers about the design decision; especially, I am a frequent user of a Question and Answer site called StackOverflow (stackoverflow.com), and whenever I ask that kind of question, it ends up with the consensus being "Ask Matz". Afterall, only Matz (or the core developers) knows.
So, I request a Question and Answer section on this site regarding design decisions about Ruby: Why a certain feature was designed in such way and not in another way. I think this is the right place where such thing should be because only the developers know the reason. Then, people can ask about why a certain design decision was made before posting a feature request, and that will reduce hopeless feature requests that end up being rejected. That would be of a benefit to both the developers and the people wondering about the design.