From: Alexander Kellett <ruby-lists@...>
Date: 2005-03-04T18:01:13+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby gems, and the require problem (was Re: RAA Status & b)

On Mar 4, 2005, at 6:57 AM, Jim Freeze wrote:
> Is it really that much trouble to write:
>
>   begin
>     require 'some-lib'
>   rescue LoadError
>     require 'rubygems'
>     require 'some-lib'
>   end

for some reason this aggravates the
hell out of me. yeah it is. i can
equate the above question with:

Is it really that much trouble to write:

#include <stdlib.h>
/* sorry, ruby sucks these days, so i've written this in c, hope you 
don't mind */
blah blah blah blah

there's a pretty dang good reason
that i use ruby. scripts are short
and pretty. if i wanted to write gob
loads of stub code i'd use java.

this bullshit that gem's introduces
makes my scripts look like hell and
i for one refuse to add it.

</rant>

Alex