From: SonOfLilit <sonoflilit@...>
Date: 2007-07-24T23:13:26+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Editor

> > I like games like this, so let's do it with languages. Forth is what? A
> > Dodge Colt? Scheme is a motorcycle? No ... the other way around. Forth
> > is a motorcycle and Scheme is a Dodge Colt (or Volkswagen Beetle). And
> > Ruby is ??
>
> That's a tough one.  Maybe a Transformer
> (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092106/)?  It's more than meets the eye
> :)
>
> I can't play that game with languages, though, because I'm only
> familiar with a handful of them.  I imagine Ruby, though, to be
> something akin to a folding bicycle with on board solar power.

I don't think ruby's specialty is in it's power. I think ruby is
special and remarkable for the feeling it gives the user. Thus, I'd
choose a mustang. What a feeling to drive in it!


Aur