From: Jim Freeze Date: 2005-04-17T05:44:55+09:00 Subject: Re: All Quiet on the Western Front: Is Rails overshadowing Ruby? * Pat Maddox [2005-04-17 05:21:52 +0900]: > Ruby's a nice language, but I think it's particularly well suited for --------------------------------- > web development. I can't say I see anything wrong with the direction --------------- I've seen others make this same comment. I find it interesting that at RubyConf 2001 (the first Ruby conference) I heard multiple times that Ruby was not ready for web development. I know rails is new, but I'm not sure that the language has made any significant changes to justify such an about face in opinion. However, I think it is a lesson in how people can take their own opinion (or a common opinion) and believe in it as fact. Rails has opened the eyes of to many to what they could not see. David and his RubyOnRails is to Ruby what Michaelangelo and Michaelangelo's David are to a large of stone. The only difference is that Ruby has more value than a large rock. :) It is also clear that some people just see the statue. But me, I see the process. I am waiting to see what gets created when another Michaelangelo comes along and finds Ruby. -- Jim Freeze Code Red. Code Ruby