From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2004-08-13T01:12:57+09:00
Subject: Re: What are people using Ruby for?

Martin DeMello wrote:
> David Garamond <lists@zara.6.isreserved.com> wrote:
> 
>>Sascha Ebach wrote:
>>
>>>And of course the famous site: http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?RealWorldRuby
>>>
>>>There are lots of examples of Real World Ruby Usage.
>>
>>One area which amazingly hasn't been conquered after years and years is 
>>the popular, widely deployed applications. Where are the Ruby Mailmans, 
>>PHPBBs, Movable Type's, and GForges? :-)
> 
> 
> I've noted that ruby developers seem to prefer wrting libraries to
> applications :)

Quite true. I wonder if there is a (Rubyland) cultural explanation?

Actually, the Japanese developers tend to produce more apps than the
rest of us, do they not?


Hal