[#1215] Tk widget demo; English Tk docs?; Java 1.2 Swing — "Conrad Schneiker" <schneiker@...>
Hi,
7 messages
2000/02/01
[#1218] Trivial FAQ bug — Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
6 messages
2000/02/02
[#1229] A vote for old behavior — Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
6 messages
2000/02/03
[#1232] Any FAQ requests, updates, ... — Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
6 messages
2000/02/05
[#1233] Singleton classes — Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
13 messages
2000/02/05
[#1263] Draft of the updated Ruby FAQ — Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
33 messages
2000/02/08
[#1307] Ruby/GTK 0.23 released — Hiroshi IGARASHI <igarashi@...>
Hi all,
12 messages
2000/02/11
[#1470] Re: Ruby/GTK 0.23 released
— "Conrad Schneiker" <schneiker@...>
2000/02/17
From: Hiroshi IGARASHI <igarashi@ueda.info.waseda.ac.jp>
[#1503] Re: Ruby/GTK 0.23 released
— Yasushi Shoji <yashi@...>
2000/02/19
From: "Conrad Schneiker" <schneiker@jump.net>
[#1506] Re: Ruby/GTK 0.23 released
— Ian Main <imain@...>
2000/02/19
On Fri, Feb 18, 2000 at 09:37:27PM -0500, Yasushi Shoji wrote:
[#1322] FAQ: Ruby acronyms — "Conrad Schneiker" <schneiker@...>
In the spirit of TABWTDI (there are better ways to do it), I'd like to
7 messages
2000/02/12
[#1341] Vim syntax file — Mirko Nasato <mirko.nasato@...>
Hi,
7 messages
2000/02/14
[#1448] Re: Vim syntax file
— Reimer Behrends <behrends@...>
2000/02/16
On Mon, Feb 14, 2000 at 05:44:39PM +0100, Mirko Nasato wrote:
[#1354] Say hi (bis) — Pixel <pixel_@...>
hi all,
17 messages
2000/02/15
[#1355] nice sample for functional stuff — Pixel <pixel_@...>
what about having map in standard (and map_index too)?
9 messages
2000/02/15
[#1373] Ruby Language Reference Manual--Glossary — "Conrad Schneiker" <schneiker@...>
I was going to print the Ruby Language Reference Manual when I noticed that
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2000/02/15
[#1376] Re: Scripting versus programming — Andrew Hunt <andy@...>
Conrad writes:
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2000/02/15
[#1379] Re: Yield — Andrew Hunt <andy@...>
>From: "Conrad Schneiker" <schneiker@jump.net>
7 messages
2000/02/15
[#1384] Re: Say Hi — mengx@...
My suggestion was to try to find a more comfortable method name (to me, and
7 messages
2000/02/15
[#1392] Re: Some Questions - Parameterised Types / Invariants — Andrew Hunt <andy@...>
>1. Parameterised Types / Template Classes
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2000/02/15
[#1398] Bignum aset — Andrew Hunt <Andy@...>
8 messages
2000/02/15
[#1488] Discussion happens on news.groups — Clemens Hintze <c.hintze@...>
Hi,
9 messages
2000/02/18
[#1508] Ruby/GTK and the mainloop — Ian Main <imain@...>
17 messages
2000/02/19
[#1544] Re: Ruby/GTK and the mainloop
— Yasushi Shoji <yashi@...>
2000/02/23
Hello Ian,
[#1550] Re: Ruby/GTK and the mainloop
— Ian Main <imain@...>
2000/02/23
On Wed, Feb 23, 2000 at 02:56:10AM -0500, Yasushi Shoji wrote:
[#1516] Ruby: PLEASE use comp.lang.misc for all Ruby programming/technical questions/discussions!!!! — "Conrad Schneiker" <schneiker@...>
((FYI: This was sent to the Ruby mail list.))
10 messages
2000/02/19
[#1523] Re: Ruby: PLEASE use comp.lang.misc for all Ruby programming/technical questions/discussions!!!!
— Yasushi Shoji <yashi@...>
2000/02/19
From: "Conrad Schneiker" <schneiker@jump.net>
[#1528] ruby <=> python — Quinn Dunkan <quinn@...>
Hello! I'm new to ruby-talk, and mostly new to ruby. I'm making a document
13 messages
2000/02/20
[#1551] Ruby thread scheduling buglet — Ian Main <imain@...>
7 messages
2000/02/24
[#1569] Re: Ruby: constructors, new and initialise — Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...>
The following message is a courtesy copy of an article
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2000/02/25
[#1591] Certain char's not recognized by "." in regex? — Wes Nakamura <wknaka@...>
8 messages
2000/02/27
[#1592] Race condition in Singleton — Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
5 messages
2000/02/27
[ruby-talk:01376] Re: Scripting versus programming
From:
Andrew Hunt <andy@...>
Date:
2000-02-15 12:35:51 UTC
List:
ruby-talk #1376
Conrad writes:
>I recommend that we (and Ruby documentation) describe Ruby first and
>foremost as "one of the world's most powerful programming languages", and
>subsequently mention that is also enormously useful for scripting--if, when,
>and where appropriate. This may (or probably should) sound trite to
>technically astute people, many business/IT decisions at tens of thousands
>of shops world-wide are unfortunately made on the basis of superficial
>impressions.
I agree whole-heartedly!
I think it is misleading to call Ruby a scripting language, and
the unelightened might mistake it for another VB or Perl, or
even a replacement for JavaScript.
Towards that end, (while I'm on the soapbox), I think we need much
more in the way of enterprise connectivity -- better database
interfaces, CORBA, EJB, etc.
If Ruby could be used effectively to implement middle-tier
business logic I think we'd get quite a bit of attention!
What do ya'll think? (I live in North Carolina, US, now and
one of the quirks of regional English is the contraction
"ya'll" for "you all")
/\ndy
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