From: Peter Ertl <pertl@...>
Date: 2006-06-07T02:01:31+09:00
Subject: Re: I love Ruby - But how bright is Ruby's Future?

> 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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> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Datum: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 01:22:16 +0900
> Von: James Britt <james_b@neurogami.com>
> An: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org
> Betreff: 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.
> 
> -- 
> James Britt
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