From: "W. Kent Starr" <elderburn@...>
Date: 2001-08-13T05:38:19+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:19616] Re: /.ed again

On Sunday 12 August 2001 07:52, Martin Weber wrote:
> > > The more I read Slashdot threads about Ruby, and
> > > about other topics, the more I get dissapointed in
> > > Slashdot community, and convinced that Slashdot
> > > public has grown into one of the most ignorant, childish audiences
> > > in the online world, full of guys who express opinions
> > > about things before learning about them.
> > >
> > > Given all that, what is the rationale in
> > > casting rubies before slashdotters?
> >
> > But given the extreme ignorance of the /. audience it may be useless and
> > doomend for failure to even attempt that.
>
> Me as BSD man can only agree. Most of the /. guys seem to be 15 year old
> linux users who think they rock the world because they can mutter in a
> programming language ;)
>
> Martin Weber

Personally, I tend to be more disappointed (discouraged) by the comments from 
the corporate code monkeys who espouse Java (or whatever the currently in 
vogue proprietary "solution" mandated by their masters) as "the one true 
way". :-(

Regards,

Kent Starr
elderburn@mindspring.com