From: Curt Hibbs <curt@...>
Date: 2001-12-02T17:00:45+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:27256] Re: OO AI

Conrad Schneiker wrote:
>With respect to the case that started this thread, I didn't see any
>downloadable code on RAA and I didn't see any downloadable code on any of
>several sourceforge links that I followed. I am not happy about being sent
>on a wild goose chase after what appears to be almost entirely *vaporware*
>apart from a (to me) largely unintelligible and pointless demo (which had
no
>*Ruby* code). I prefer that the growing number of Ruby nubies not have the
>same experience, which I think reflects poorly on Ruby. (And unfortunately,
>this entry is at the beginning of the RAA, where it gets undue prominence
as
>well.)

I have to strongly agree with Conrad. I, too, am new to Ruby and plan to get
into Ruby development in a big way.

When I first saw RAA I was happy to see such a wonderful resource. However,
my enthusiasm waned somewhat as I would follow links to non-existent code,
or obviously abandoned projects. It is also frustrating that that RAA does
not show at least a brief description what was the project is -- I'd like to
know at least a little bit without having to following the link (the name
isn't always enough to tell you what it does).

I can see a tremendous value in RAA.succ, whatever it turns out to be. In
the meantime, however, I would suggest that new posts to RAA go into a "New
Entry" category, and that a moderator decides where to place it.

Curt