[#10209] Market for XML Web stuff — Matt Sergeant <matt@...>

I'm trying to get a handle on what the size of the market for AxKit would be

15 messages 2001/02/01

[#10238] RFC: RubyVM (long) — Robert Feldt <feldt@...>

Hi,

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[#10364] Re: RFC: RubyVM (long) — Mathieu Bouchard <matju@...> 2001/02/05

[#10708] Suggestion for threading model — Stephen White <spwhite@...>

I've been playing around with multi-threading. I notice that there are

11 messages 2001/02/11

[#10853] Re: RubyChangeRequest #U002: new proper name for Hash#indexes, Array#indexes — "Mike Wilson" <wmwilson01@...>

10 messages 2001/02/14

[#11037] to_s and << — "Brent Rowland" <tarod@...>

list = [1, 2.3, 'four', false]

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[#11094] Re: Summary: RCR #U002 - proper new name fo r indexes — Aleksi Niemel<aleksi.niemela@...>

> On Mon, 19 Feb 2001, Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:

12 messages 2001/02/19

[#11131] Re: Summary: RCR #U002 - proper new name fo r indexes — "Conrad Schneiker" <schneik@...>

Robert Feldt wrote:

10 messages 2001/02/19

[#11251] Programming Ruby is now online — Dave Thomas <Dave@...>

36 messages 2001/02/21

[#11469] XML-RPC and KDE — schuerig@... (Michael Schuerig)

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[#11490] Re: XML-RPC and KDE — schuerig@... (Michael Schuerig) 2001/02/24

Michael Neumann <neumann@s-direktnet.de> wrote:

[#11491] Negative Reviews for Ruby and Programming Ruby — Jim Freeze <jim@...> 2001/02/24

Hi all:

[#11633] RCR: shortcut for instance variable initialization — Dave Thomas <Dave@...>

13 messages 2001/02/26

[#11652] RE: RCR: shortcut for instance variable initialization — Michael Davis <mdavis@...>

I like it!

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[#11700] Starting Once Again — Ron Jeffries <ronjeffries@...>

OK, I'm starting again with Ruby. I'm just assuming that I've

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[#11712] RE: Starting Once Again — "Aaron Hinni" <aaron@...> 2001/02/27

> 2. So far I think running under TextPad will be better than running

[#11726] Re: Starting Once Again — Aleksi Niemel<zak@...> 2001/02/28

On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Aaron Hinni wrote:

[ruby-talk:11405] Re: Programming Ruby is now online

From: "Robert Gustavsson" <robert.gustavsson@...>
Date: 2001-02-23 19:10:56 UTC
List: ruby-talk #11405
"Jim Freeze" <jim@freeze.org> wrote in message
news:Pine.BSF.4.21.0102212015190.68198-100000@www.bellnetworks.net...
> I don't think that Ruby will make inroads all areas, such as embedded
motor
> control or  device drivers, nor computationally expensive numerics
> (although it can be used as the glue code to call the optimized routines),
> but for application areas involving networking, web, db, process control,
> filters, etc, where Ruby meets the performance requirements, there
> is really no other intelligent (and informed) choice. (wow, does that
> sound kind of harsh?)

I'd like to add meta-programming. We've devices at work that can only be
programmed using an old, lousy, boring (any negative adjective can be added)
BASIC dialect. I'm so bored of it I think "I have to quit and get a new job"
for every line of code I write in that obnoxious language.

But that has changed lately. Now I use Ruby to extract facts from the
technical specification of the program and have Ruby generate the code for
me. Not the entire program (yet) but the mechanical parts.

Ruby has made my life happier and nowadays I don't think "I have to quit and
get a new job" more. At least not every day. :-)

Thanks matz for the language! And thanks Dave and Andy for your two great
books!

The only problem nowadays is for me to *not* talk too much about Ruby and
pragmatic programming at work so someone gives me a punch in the face.

:o) <- rob with a smashed nose

/rob



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