From: Francis Cianfrocca <garbagecat10@...>
Date: 2006-06-06T13:50:12+09:00
Subject: Re: I love Ruby - But how bright is Ruby's Future?

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>>>One night?   Right up to speed?
Yes. And I knew he would because I'd seen him do similar things before. No,
it's not normal. But there is a remarkably small amount of really great
software in the world (although I think my definition of great probably
differs from yours), and much of it is written by that kind of guy.

>>>Interesting.  I'm always stuck by people who don't get think that
everything is fair game for questioning.
The fact that "get think" makes this an invalid English sentence suggests to
me (perhaps wrongly) that you changed your thought midway through. Not a
point worth arguing.


"I get (and I even think) that everything is fair game for questioning. But
James, think twice about this: not everything is WORTH questioning."

>>>>>Ah, but how does one know before hand?  Or should I not question this?

Ah, but this is a very important question. How do you know beforehand?
Experience and TASTE. I've learned to recognize and pay a lot of attention
to people who have a knack for recognizing what are the important questions,
and which are the minor side issues. People who are good at this tend to
become leaders.

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