From: Todd Benson <caduceass@...>
Date: 2008-01-03T21:34:54+09:00
Subject: Re: Zed Shaw - Ruby has dodged a bullet

On Jan 3, 2008 6:30 AM, Todd Benson <caduceass@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 3, 2008 5:07 AM, Robert Dober <robert.dober@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >But, I just
> > > think that sociologically, a scaffold (Rails) that allows people to do
> > > things when they really _don't_ know how to do things can be
> > > frustrating for some coders.
> > Oh I find it horrifying, interesting point to see if this was a valid
> > point for abstraction or not.
> > I had the instant feeling it was not and pushing people to bad design
> > but I am an ignorant of the structures
> > of large Web applications ( having written one not so small in LAMP
> > myself long time ago) and therefore cannot say anything about it...
>
> Sort of off topic: I've seen graduated engineers know exactly how to
> use the CAD software, but could barely engineer a birdhouse.

Sorry, I should point out this doesn't apply to you.  I've seen some
really good code on this list from you.  I hope to see a lot more!

Todd