From: Bill Guindon Date: 2006-04-09T13:40:05+09:00 Subject: Re: Very nice article On 4/8/06, James Britt wrote: > Jeppe Jakobsen wrote: > > I don't mind it. I really liked the first one, although I have never seen > > anyone asking how to build a forum or a chatsite. At least not here on this > > mailing list. > > Why do you think that is? How is that, despite the surge of interest in > Ruby, the general Ruby community does not appear to have an issue with > newcomers, certainly not to the point of creating a derisive > characterization for people lacking the various self-help skills > experienced developers take for granted? > > It seems that the Rails community is encountering something of an > immigration problem, with a decided cultural impedance mismatch. Here's my take on it: The Rails influx is much like the immigrants from mexico. In this case, the Rails list is southern California, and the Ruby list is New York. The migration affects all, but it affects the Ruby list (NY) much less than it affects the Rails list (CA). Just a guess, but it seems to work as an analogy. > -- > James Britt > > http://www.ruby-doc.org - Ruby Help & Documentation > http://www.rubystuff.com - The Ruby Store for Ruby Stuff > http://www.jamesbritt.com - Playing with Better Toys > > -- Bill Guindon (aka aGorilla) The best answer to most questions is "it depends".