From: gwtmp01@...
Date: 2006-01-10T06:06:33+09:00
Subject: Re: Ideas on "Why Living Dangerous can be A Good Thing" in Ruby?


On Jan 9, 2006, at 3:57 PM, gwtmp01@mac.com wrote:

>
> On Jan 9, 2006, at 3:33 PM, Gregory Brown wrote:
>> If you remember from our first New Haven Rubyists meeting, there  
>> was a
>> decent amount of tension from the Java guys in the house.  People who
>> tend to lean on the compiler for support feel like they're going to
>> fall flatfaced upon entering Ruby.
>
> I remember.   I'm just trying to understand the concern at a finer
> level of detail. I feel like a therapist trying to coax a
> reluctant patient to talk about their nightmares. :-)

Just to be clear.  I'm not thinking of Greg as the patient.  I'm talking
about the folks who are 'fearful' of Ruby and other similar language
environments.


Gary Wright