From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2005-10-24T06:24:01+09:00
Subject: Re: Why is Ruby a favorite among the Agile set?

Ed Howland wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've heard/read that Ruby is a favorite language among the
> Agile/eXtreme Programming set and I am wondering why. [Disclaimer]
> this is for a project I am doing, so thanks in advance for any help.
> 
> I do recognize the fact that Ruby lets you write very expressive
> programs making the principle of intentional programming easier. Also,
> there is not a lot of extraneous fluff to get in your way.
> 
> But beyond that, why do XPers love it so much. Is it :
> 
> Duck Typing
> Meta class programming
> Lisp like features (lambda - closures)
> Smalltalk like features
> Other?

I would say (for one) malleability. It's easy to refactor because
it's so "plastic" (in the dictionary sense).


Hal