From: "Hal E. Fulton" <hal9000@...>
Date: 2001-11-08T04:36:09+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:24578] Re: kill rdtool?

----- Original Message -----
From: Andrew Hunt <andy@toolshed.com>
To: ruby-talk ML <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 1:22 PM
Subject: [ruby-talk:24573] Re: kill rdtool?


>
> Dave tries to prevent bloodshed with:
>
>     >OK, folks, yellow flag time (or yellow card time for those on the
east
>     >of the Atlantic).
>     >
>     >Everyone interested in this can go read the two Ruby licenses, then
>     >read the GPL, and then form their own opinion. Anyone choosing to
>     >include GPL software in a commercial product should do the same (and
>     >probably get legal advice). In the meantime, this probably isn't a
>     >productive discussion for a public forum.
>
> Here here!

That's "Hear, hear!"... on both sides of the Atlantic.  ;)

Just to make sure the topic is closed, I'll force invocation
of Godwin's Law by yelling (in no particular direction):
"Look! Nazis!"

> Can we get back to the real discussion -- keep RDTool, or
> replace it with a more convential and/or widely used
> tool?

Personally, RDtool has never fit inside my head. I've played
with it some, but it never seemed (to me) an especially
Ruby-like solution.

> I, for one, favor a tool that uses a consistent set
> of tags and conventions across multiple languages
> (like Java, C++, and Ruby for starters).

Hmm, that's fine with me. Hadn't given it any thought.

Hal