From: ptkwt@... (Phil Tomson) Date: 2004-08-20T07:35:53+09:00 Subject: Re: Ruby's Killer App - every language has one In article <0f9Vc.2338$Gn6.1598@newssvr31.news.prodigy.com>, Ruby Script wrote: >Phil Tomson wrote: > >> In article , >> Ruby Script wrote: >> >>>Which ruby app is so compelling that people who don't even intend on >>>programming ruby are willing to install it? >>> >>>For Python, there's SCons and a few others. >> >> >> Don't know what that is. >> >> >>>What are some possible apps we can create in Ruby that will be OUR >>>community's killer app? >>> >>>A modern ViewCVS perhaps? >> >> >> I'm hearing a lot about Subversion lately being the CVS replacement. >> Maybe try to do something like ViewCVS, but for Subversion. If it turns >> out that Subversion 'replaces' CVS, then you're on the ground floor. >> > >Exactly my thoughts--ViewCVS (dev) supports subversion but the paradigm >is different so the marriage isn't perfect. > >SCons is to GNU Make, what Subversion 1.2 will be to CVS. > >SCons is only at v0.96 but already hugely popular with folks replacing >their overly-complex, recursive makefiles. When 1.0 is released, it >will make huge waves. Ah, now I recall something about SCons. How does it compare to rake? Could Ruby play in that space via rake? Phil