From: James Britt <james_b@...>
Date: 2005-12-02T02:37:34+09:00
Subject: Re: Good Ruby Examples?

Lou Vanek wrote:
> James Britt wrote:
> 
>> Lou Vanek wrote:
>>
>>> C has 'Hello world!'
>>> Ruby has the proverbial 'ToDo' list,
>>>     http://manuals.rubyonrails.com/read/book/7
>>
>>
>>
>> Except the typical C "Hello, world" example doesn't start with, 
>> "First, download and install a set of libraries that does all the 
>> interesting bits."
> 
> 
> Good point. You get to show what a rich set of libraries Ruby has and
> how easy libraries can be installed with just one command. Thanks for
> pointing that out.

A valuable aspect of Ruby and gems, but it says nothing about the 
language per se.

I'd be wary of emphasizing the "rich set of libraries" aspect, too, as 
Python, Perl, and Java probably have Ruby beat.

Better to show how much one can do, and how easily, without extra libraries.

Ruby's biggest selling point is Ruby itself.


James
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