From: Alexandru Popescu <the_mindstorm@...>
Date: 2005-05-31T03:13:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby != POLS [was Re: creating variable with eval]

#: on behalf of James Britt :: 5/30/2005 6:42 PM :#
> Gavin Kistner wrote:
> ...
> 
>> 
>> I have seen various powerpoint slides that tout Ruby's POLS as a  
>> feature; I personally find them to smell overly of hype, and (to the  
>> degree that I believe such overreaching claims will turn off  newcomers 
>> who can sense marketese) would suggest that we heavily tone  down any 
>> invocations of the POLS.
>> 
> 
> Yes, and in general the hype that tends to bite back are the assertions 
> that are largely subjective or otherwise unverifiable.
> 
> Claims of faster development, greater productivity, least surprise, most 
> natural syntax, and such, are next to impossible to objectively 
> quantify, so someone looking to knock Ruby, or anyone who is reasonably 
> skeptical, will find it easy to toss back counter-claims and disappointment.
> 

If all these can be used in both directions why keep using them?

:alex |.::the_mindstorm::.|

> However true these claims may be for most (if not all) of the people 
> reading ruby-talk, they are not things you can simply push on people new 
> to Ruby. Folks need to discover (or not, as the case may be) them 
> through personal experience.
> 
> 
> James
> 
>