From: Bil Kleb <Bil.Kleb@...>
Date: 2005-10-24T17:32:02+09:00
Subject: Re: Why is Ruby a favorite among the Agile set?

Ed Howland wrote:
> 
> I've heard/read that Ruby is a favorite language among the
> Agile/eXtreme Programming set and I am wondering why.

My theory is that many agilists were/are SmallTalkers,
and that Dave and Andy exposed them to this wondrous,
new SmallTalk-like language while they were creating
the Agile Manifesto.

As I said at RubyConf, I found Ruby through the Agile
community. (Actually, at the time, they were calling
themselves "lightweight" to counter what they saw as
CMM's "heavyweight".)

Regards,
--
Bil
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