From: Phil Tomson <rubyfan@...>
Date: 2006-06-06T14:29:25+09:00
Subject: Re: I love Ruby - But how bright is Ruby's Future?

On 6/5/06, Francis Cianfrocca <garbagecat10@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>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.
>

Yep.  Like GWB.

<ducks>





phil