From: James Britt <james_b@...>
Date: 2006-06-07T01:22:16+09:00
Subject: Re: I love Ruby - But how bright is Ruby's Future?

Jeff Pritchard wrote:
> ...

> Since Rails is considered by many to be the "killer app" for Ruby, why 
> doesn't there seem to be a contender in the non-web-app type application 
> framework genre for Ruby?  Is there something about the language that 
> makes it an inappropriate choice for "real" application work, or is it 
> more just a matter of coincidence that the right group of people hasn't 
> done something as stellar as Rails in that space yet?
> 

Perhaps there are languages that, by their nature, require an 
application framework exist before one can expect to build certain kinds 
of applications.  And there are there other languages where this is not 
needed; they make it easy enough to just grow your own application or 
in-house set of tools; they language helps avoid exploding complexity.

It's similar to the complaint that Ruby does not have an IDE such as 
Eclipse; some Rubyists argue that there isn't one because there is no 
compelling need for it, as there is in Java.



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James Britt

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