From: ptkwt@... (Phil Tomson)
Date: 2005-04-01T07:34:44+09:00
Subject: Re: Hello Everybody

In article <2256fa92256d1d.2256d1d2256fa9@rdc-kc.rr.com>,
 <apatzer@wi.rr.com> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Since I'm new to the group, I thought I'd introduce myself. I've been a
>longtime J2EE developer who has written a few books on the topic for
>both Wrox and Apress. A few years ago, while looking for a way to
>automate some OR mappings, I decided to try Ruby and I instantly fell
>in love.
>
>Well, after using it for the past few years as a utility language, I'm
>now working in a Bioinformatics lab where I can start using it for real
>applications. I look forward to sharing ideas with the rest of you.
>I've 'lurked' around here before, but I've decided to get more involved
>now.
>
>I have begun writing a new book for Apress, "Pro Ruby". I hope to bring
>my expertise as an enterprise software architect, and experience as an
>author, to the Ruby community. My approach is to show how Ruby can be
>used as an enterprise development platform and how it can be used in
>place of J2EE for many, if not all, tasks.
>
>If any of you have ideas you'd like to share, feel free to email me at
>apatzer@wi.rr.com, or through this list if you'd like to share it with
>everyone.
>

Question:  How did you get into Bioinformatics?  I'm interested in the 
field and I'm wondering how much Ruby is being used in it.


Phil