From: Christophe Grandsire Date: 2005-10-27T19:36:07+09:00 Subject: Re: my mother wants to code? Selon Francois Paul : > To update on the situation: > > I had a chat with everyone involved weighing Ruby and Java against each > other and it was decided to go with Ruby. That's really nice! > my mother and my dad are now going through Chris' tutorial. > They are both enjoying it very much - and my dad (coming from the VB for > applications world) is so impressed with how beautiful Ruby is. > > They see learning ruby as something they can do together as a family > activity and everytime I pop around for a visit my mom first has to show > me her latest little program. > It seems to be one of the constants of Ruby: it gives you instant fun and productivity. > so ... we are steadily becoming a family of rubyists. (if only my little > sister and my wife would take interest, but franky i think that would > become scary (besides hell would have to freeze over first)) > hell.freeze if !hell.frozen? OK, let's start now! :) > I think my parents are happier people (or at least they have more fun) > today because of Ruby. > She'll probably join the list in a couple of months, when she gets a > solid internet connection at home, and i'll introduce her then. > I think this could be worth of an article, maybe about your family discussion and with which arguments Ruby won over Java. Is your mother (or maybe your father) keeping a diary of her progress? That could also eventually be an interesting read. Anyway, keep us posted about their progress! -- Christophe Grandsire. http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr It takes a straight mind to create a twisted conlang.