From: John Joyce <dangerwillrobinsondanger@...>
Date: 2007-09-26T06:40:50+09:00
Subject: Re: I love Ruby but what is the deal with... this !

We know how slow it is and whether or not it is important.
We're not really worried about it, but we do look forward to upcoming  
speed increases..
What we are generally interested in is doing things and making things  
with Ruby :)
Focus on that, and you'll find that Ruby is either good or not for you.
People here generally use other languages as well, and are not Ruby  
only people.
We appreciate Ruby because of other languages in many cases.
There is actually a great deal of pragmatism in the Ruby community.
If there is a better approach that is not Ruby we will recommend it  
and use it.