From: James Britt <james.britt@...>
Date: 2006-06-12T03:59:20+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby for Highschoolers?

Nicholas Evans wrote:
> I'm not after a full-blown IDE. They'd be working under Windows, and I'm 
> (perhaps wrongly) reluctant to open up the command prompt. I want to 
> focus on programming, and not have to bother with Windows shell commands 
> too.

A big part of programming is understanding the world you live in.

There is nothing spooky about the command line, even in Windows.

Don't treat people like children, or they'll start acting like children.

Assume the best, and let them show you otherwise.


-- 
James Britt

"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance, but the illusion 
of knowledge."
  - D. Boorstin