From: Chris Morris <chrismo@...>
Date: 2001-11-13T12:53:06+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:24977] Re: Linux Magazine article

> > Andy & I've been asked to write a feature article about Ruby for
> > Linux Magazine (www.linux-mag.com).
> >
> > I want to make this an upbeat article, featuring Ruby's strengths,
> > and not other language's weaknesses. So, a quick poll request: what
> > features of Ruby do you think would most impress or excite someone
> > who hasn't used the language yet? What small applications would whet
> > people's appetites?

Blocks, iterators & yield. Not just taking advantage of built-in iterators,
but how easy it is to build your own and how much simpler this is than a
more traditional callback, especially in a strongly typed language like
Object Pascal (Delphi).

Call, intern & method_missing. How easy it is to wrap another object without
having to write a mess of forwarding calls.

Chris