From: Bil Kleb <Bil.Kleb@...>
Date: 2005-10-24T17:42:01+09:00
Subject: Re: Why is Ruby a favorite among the Agile set?

Tim Hammerquist wrote:
> Ed Howland <ed.howland@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>I've heard/read that Ruby is a favorite language among the
>>Agile/eXtreme Programming set and I am wondering why.
> 
> I was wondering when "agile" became such a prominent buzzword?

There have been several conferences on it since 2001 or
so -- see, for example,

  http://www.xpuniverse.com
  http://www.agiledevelopmentconference.com
  http://www.xp2005.org
  http://www.agile2005.org

FWIW, I've been a conference committee member for the XPU
and Agile conferences since 2002.

Regards,
--
Bil
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