From: Mike Sassak <msassak@...>
Date: 2001-10-27T16:49:26+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:23605] Re: Ruby and Python: a fuzzy question

On Sat, 2001-10-27 at 00:40, Dave Thomas wrote:
>
> Finally (loud cheers all round), a speculation: Ruby is designed to be
> human-oriented, and attracts a group of people who claim pretty
> universally that coding Ruby makes them feel happy. At the same time,
> Ruby folks (as exemplified by this list) are regularly complimented
> as being the one of the nicest and most supportive online communities
> around. Coincidence?
> 

So here I am, responding to a rhetorical question. Forgive me, please. :) 

I don't think it's a coincidence at all. There's no doubt in my mind
that, for example, whatever you do for the "day job" impacts your "night
life". If I'm unhappy or cranky at work (because of a shitty manager, or
say (this is just hypothetical, or course ;) new ISO 9001 rules) I
complain loudly at home and to my friends. Now if everything is going
great, I'm happy. There's definitely a correlation. Now of course, this
puts quite the pressure on Matz to evolve Ruby so it doesn't make many
of us cranky, thus spoiling the community. (joking, joking...)

-mike