From: Todd Benson <caduceass@...>
Date: 2008-12-31T02:33:34+09:00
Subject: Re: Why Ruby?

On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 9:39 AM, Phlip <phlip2005@gmail.com> wrote:
> Mike Stephens wrote:
>
>> I have never seen or heard of Ruby in a corporate context.
>
> That's because difficult and bloated systems like VB or Java were invented
> to sell to managers in corporate contexts. That makes languages with merit
> hard to squeeze in.
>
>> The single
>>
>> exception (where I first came across it) was a supplier who was using it
>> with Watir for testing a Java application.
>
> That's because Watir is a killer app - one whose value has exceeded the
> shock of Ruby. Like Rails, people learn Ruby to use Watir.

Alright.  I have a small gripe about that concept.  I think I'm part
of a small minority when I say that Rails learners don't know crap
about Ruby.  But, I have to qualify that statement with the fact I use
Ruby for different things and started learning it long before Rails.
I have yet to really get into Watir.

Todd