From: Todd Benson Date: 2008-08-11T06:11:54+09:00 Subject: Re: An introduction, in about 50 lines of Ruby. On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 10:44 AM, James Gray wrote: > Having participated on the Perl Beginners list for years, I will answer from > that perspective. > > The answer is: we sure hope so! If beginners learn some point and then > share that with others, the whole community wins. To me, this is one of the > big signs of healthy community growth. Lists of Ruby 101, and then Ruby 201, 301, 401, and, of course, Ruby 501 for the core developers. Just kidding. Maybe it would be even less intimidating if you have three groups (beginner, advanced, and core), but just refrain from using the words "beginner" and "advanced". Just a thought. Like the "beginner" list would be called ruby-general. I'm not sure what word to use for the "advanced" list; maybe just "advanced". The database groups removed some noise by creating comp.databases.theory. People still post there about MySQL idiosyncrasies to the dismay of other posters, so I imagine you'll still see simple Rails questions on a Ruby "advanced" group. In any case, please try to avoid playing gestapo, Ruby Secret Society, and what not ;) Todd