From: takaoueda@...
Date: 2004-12-03T12:27:43+09:00
Subject: Re: What do you use Ruby for?


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

I learned the basics of Ruby 4 years ago just after the first edition
of Programming Ruby was published. It was fun, but I did not use it.
But recently I created some Ruby programs for my research work.  See
"Appendix: Computer Program Tools, Threshold Transformations and
Dynamical Systems of Neural Networks" in
http://www.geocities.com/takaoueda. 

Takao