I believe consistency and orthogonality are tools of design, not the primary goal in design.
“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.”
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So, to really execute design in its highest form and making people feel joy, that's a great reward.