From: Paul Battley <pbattley@...>
Date: 2006-10-25T22:37:22+09:00
Subject: Re: Is there really an impending Ruby fracture???

On 25/10/06, Trans <transfire@gmail.com> wrote:
> "At the core, I think Ruby is defined by Rails.  Sooner or later, the
> Rails guys will realize they're the dog and start finding a tail that's
> easier to wag for the customers with lots of money.  That will likely
> lead to fractured Ruby syntax and fractured Ruby dialects."
>
> Now there's a statement to reckonwith.

In a sense, the Rails tail has already begun to wag the Ruby dog.
According to Matz:

'With the spread of ActiveSupport, the need to handle symbols and
strings similarly seems to be increasing.'

The original statement in Japanese is here:
http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-dev/29507

Paul.