From: Chad Perrin <perrin@...>
Date: 2007-09-28T23:12:33+09:00
Subject: Re: question on bottleneck of ruby

On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 07:31:17PM +0900, Byung-Hee HWANG wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 19:17 +0900, Francis Cianfrocca wrote:
> > On 9/27/07, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky <znmeb@cesmail.net> wrote:
> > >
> > >  Which is why they teach data structures in computer science class. It's
> > > all about fast search, I think. That's one of the big gripes I have with
> > > "lazy" interpretation. If you don't do stuff until you have to do it, it
> > > only pays off if you end up *never* having to do it. :)
> [...snip...]
> > I've found in my businesses that such fleeting opportunities come up all the
> > time. If you're a person who believes in proper software engineering, and
> > well-controlled processes, you're probably climbing the walls and getting
> > ready to throw things at me right now! But this is why I was talking about a
> > value-tradeoff. If I'm right, then there are a lot of opportunities to
> > create capturable business value that traditional methodologies (including
> > fast-prototype-followed-by-extensive-rewrite) simply can't touch.
> > 
> > For these cases, Ruby is uniquely valuable.
> It seems like you are angry. I can feel that you like Ruby very much.
> 
> [...snip...]

I rather strongly suspect that you are not a psychologist -- and that,
even if you were, you would not be trying to diagnose people over the
Internet.  Please stick to the discussion topic rather than attempting to
assign motivations and emotions to others involved in the discussion as
an alternative to making a salient point.

-- 
CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ]
Baltasar Gracian: "A wise man gets more from his enemies than a fool from
his friends."