From: Uma Geller <umageller@...>
Date: 2007-01-14T23:59:16+09:00
Subject: Re: RubyX11 and MetaRuby

Mathieu, just curious... could you please tell us
which were the reasons that made you take those decisions ?

You put a lot of effort behind your projects, and for what
I see you are a pretty advanced Ruby programmer, so why
should you dispose all that gained knowledge all of a sudden ?

Besides, it sounds like you're not only abandoning your
applications but also the Ruby language and the
Ruby ecosystem at large ?

Maybe in favor of another different language that better
suits your *current* needs, but does that mean you should
totally abandon a useful tool you might need later ?

Sorry for the many questions, just curious because it
doesn't make sense to me at all.

best,
                               UG

On 12/01/07, Mathieu Bouchard <matju@artengine.ca> wrote:
>
> This is just to say that I'm going to phase out Ruby, so, all the plans
> that I might have had to revive RubyX11 and/or MetaRuby one day, are just
> gone. I've made that decision a few months ago but I hadn't thought about
> those two old projects. Basically, if anyone wants to pick up development
> of any of those two, they're welcome, as long as license and attribution
> is kept, as usual.
>
> I'm not giving up my third large Ruby project called GridFlow, I'm just
> going to replace all of the Ruby code in it, by code written in other
> languages.
>
> PS: my MetaRuby has nothing to do with the other, later project of the
> same name.
>
>   _ _ __ ___ _____ ________ _____________ _____________________ ...
> | Mathieu Bouchard - t�l:+1.514.383.3801 - http://artengine.ca/matju
> | Freelance Digital Arts Engineer, Montr�al QC Canada
>
>


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best,
                        UG
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Uma Geller
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