From: Jonas Galvez <jonasgalvez@...>
Date: 2004-12-30T16:31:14+09:00
Subject: Re: Best ways to accelerate Ruby's popularity

Thursday wrote:
> I think Ruby's popularity is growing, but I can't help but 
> wonder what we can do to accelerate its adoption.

Hi all, I'm new to this list. I'm a long time (well, 1-2 years) 
Python programmer and advocate, but I've gotta say I'm really sold 
on Ruby now. What triggered my interest was Ruby on Rails.

I've always thought of Ruby as a language too close to Python and 
not particularly intriguing enough to be worth my time. But now I 
see things quite differently. I'm not the kind of programmer that 
uses only one language, so I can see myself using both Python and 
Ruby, mostly interchangeable, but Ruby on Rails seems to be 
definitely a wiser choice for most of my web projects now.

One thing that has always kept me away from Ruby was its highly 
evident Perlish syntax. I like the conservative aspect of Python's 
syntax very much, and it was difficult for me to accept some of 
the freedoms that Ruby gives. But I'm slowing changing my mind.

Surely inline regexes are heathenish but they are very practical 
and Ruby makes them readable enough. I now think Ruby is able to 
mantain the code harmony (I like this term) and clarity while 
offering all these nice syntactic sugars.

So, yeah, I'm sold. I've recently registered the domain ruby.com.br,
where I plan to publish a few tutorials in Brazilian Portuguese, and
maybe occasionally in English too.

Good to be a part of this growing community.


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