From: Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale@...>
Date: 2008-01-03T08:36:18+09:00
Subject: Re: Zed Shaw - Ruby has dodged a bullet

On Jan 2, 2008 5:58 PM, Giles Bowkett <gilesb@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > That doesn't mean people can't or shouldn't point out weak arguments,
> > > unsound ideas, bad code, etc, just that being nasty is self-serving and
> > >  bad for the Ruby community.
> >
> > I've seen people, from time to time, chime into a slightly heated debate
> > with the words "What would Matz do?" or something to that effect.  It
> > tends to work well.  All it takes is a reminder to try to adhere to the
> > reputation that Ruby's community is one of the friendliest -- and to
> > offer those reminders even when someone is defending Ruby against
> > aggressors.
>
> I think that's why Rails has issues. "What would DHH do?" Well, he'd
> probably flip you the bird or something. Very very good leadership in
> terms of generating buy-in can be very very bad leadership in terms of
> setting the tone.

So what's the value of x in DHHIxSWAx ?

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Rick DeNatale

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