From: ptkwt@... (Phil Tomson)
Date: 2005-12-21T11:12:48+09:00
Subject: Re: Bruce Eckel and Ruby

In article <1135123633.809754.318990@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
bonefry <bellarchitects@gmail.com> wrote:
>Austin Ziegler wrote:
>> On 20/12/05, Bob Hutchison <hutch@recursive.ca> wrote:
>> > Lose the hostility and read his article again. He is asking a fair
>> > question. Why *would* a programmer already into Python switch to
>> > Ruby? My question is does it matter if we can or cannot get a Python
>> > programmer to switch?
>>
>> Bob:
>>
>> Mr Eckel is not merely asking the question. He is asking the question
>> in perhaps as hostile a way as he can without saying that Rubyists are
>> poopyheads.
>
>If you read that article a little carefully, Bruce Eckel is mad about
>Bruce Tate ignoring Python in "Beyond Java". And he has a point. Python
>has been a good alternative to Java for years. And it still is.
>
>And in my oppinion Bruce Eckel could be more valuable asset to the Ruby
>community that Bruce Tate, since Bruce Tate is just spreading FUD to
>sell books in my oppinion, but still ... doesn't have time to
>investigate Python which is THE traditional alternative to Java.
>
>I really hope Bruce Eckel changes his mind and releases a "Thinking in
>Ruby" book.
>That would be awesome.
>

Indeed that would be awesome.  The more Ruby books the better.  And when 
people see someone embrace something that they formerly criticized that 
definitely gets people interested (see St. Paul :)

So maybe we should be inviting Mr. Eckel over to try out Ruby for a while.  
"Come on in, the water's fine!"

Phil