From: gwtmp01@...
Date: 2005-12-27T03:53:41+09:00
Subject: Re: Bruce Eckel and Ruby


On Dec 26, 2005, at 12:58 PM, Chris Ferrell wrote:
> Listen, people have lives outside of programming.  And not  
> everybody is
> an emotional fanboy with the latest perceived toy.   There was no  
> compelling
> reason to learn Ruby.

I was responding to the idea that the only reason to read or learn
about something new was for an immediate 'commercial reason'.  My point
was not that Ruby had to be that new thing but that discovering what is
commercially relevant does actually require reading and learning about
things outside of your immediate situation.  As an employer, I  
encouraged
that sort of thing within the context of the job and not as some sort of
extra-credit homework.

Clearly I'm opining from a distance without any real knowledge of the
*specific* situation but it was the *general* sentiment that I was  
responding
to.


Gary Wright