From: Richard Lyman <lymans@...>
Date: 2004-08-16T11:55:35+09:00
Subject: Re: RubyForge project and gem distriubtion

> 
> A very good example of bad ruby code would be
> Raimo(AIM library). No offense, but the college kid
> who wrote it can't code worth a damn :). I was shocked
> when I read the code, I was even more shocked to know
> that the author of raimbo ( aim raim bot using raimo )
> just copied the code. (raimo) There were ';'s after
> each line, there was some spaghetti code. It was
> *horrible*.
> 
> ------------------------------------
> -- Name: David Ross
> -- Phone: 865.539.3798
> -- Email: dross [at] yahoo [dot] com
> ------------------------------------
> 

Mr. Ross,

   Based soley on your treatment of others in this thread of emails
alone, I would intentionally not use anything from any
packaging/delivery system if you happened to be on an approval
committee for it or even somehow involved in the approval system.

   It's sad to see someone like you taint this community with your
inability to be socially graceful. I've always appreciated the fact
that there are many here who willingly and respectfully help others
through the process of growing into who they can become.

   There's always a gentle and non-inflamatory way of getting a point across.

   While you might have a point, and I might even have agreed to it,
your insensitive methods of delivery have left a bad taste in my mouth
that has soured any valid point of view you might have had.

   Maybe you could bring more change about by being a bit... nicer.

   While you might find offense in what I have said I did not mean any.

   Do you happen to have ... non-horrible code that I can look at to
help me in my process of growth?

   I wasn't able to find any entries on the RAA for 'David Ross', and
Rubyforge had you as project admin for rubycc, but I couldn't find any
source code to look at.

Hoping for respectful help,
-Rich