From: Marc Heiler Date: 2007-01-01T03:40:34+09:00 Subject: Re: Little Things Just one quick comment: "[...] what could potentially kill the language. We can have the best language on the Planet, but if the language features are only accessible to those that are willing to go code-diving for the answers, then the target audience is going to be slim." I disagree to the potential of this. I myself am sometimes annoyed at the lack of any documentation, this sometimes involve old code - new code almost always is nicely documented :) However, only a lack of docu wont stop me from using ruby. Most naturally because I do not HAVE to use 100% of the language, and books like the pickaxe really did help a LOT - IF any docu has to be added, then i'd look at these things first ;) - More focus on the C part of Ruby. Its a little bit difficult to find enough good quality documents about extending Ruby in C - Allow only code into stdlib etc.. that has a minimum docu - Replacement for ri/rdoc or updating, so many people rely on it for documenting their code, but the html frame alone isnt always that appealing, and ri can sometimes be slow, silly or... well - Ruby website should offer online docu similar to how php does. Php as a language is a curse, but the online docu is rather good. I think ruby should take up the idea of providing good online docu. Anyway... just some of my long 2 cc, dont mean to interrupt! :D -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.