From: coke <coke2k5@...>
Date: 2004-12-03T08:49:47+09:00
Subject: Re: What do you use Ruby for?

Thanks, very usefull links everyone.


On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 05:30:54 +0900, Matt Lawrence <matt@technoronin.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Dec 2004, coke wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> > What do you use Ruby for is my question.Me,being 17 I have lots of
> > spare time on my hand, and with that time I've decided to learn a
> > programming language, Ruby. Right now I'm learning the basics of ruby
> > and how it works, this will help me understand and read ruby easier.
> > Back on the topic: what do you use ruby for? When I ask that question
> > I mean how do you use Ruby and why. This question later on when I get
> > more into ruby will help me decide how to use ruby from your
> > experience, thanks
> 
> Web spiders, data mining, general slice and dice of data while moving it
> from one place to another.  Soon I'll have a bunch of system configuration
> and installation tools written in Ruby.
> 
> I'm nowhere near as bright as a lot of the people on this list and, I'm no
> longer a programmer, I've been a systems administrator for many years now.
> 
> -- Matt
> It's not what I know that counts, it's what I can remember in time to use.
> 
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