From: Phlip <phlip2005@...>
Date: 2009-01-16T19:18:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Why Ruby?

Robert Dober wrote:

> Do we agree that Ruby is fit for large projects?

Someone famous - I suspect Abraham Lincoln - once said "If I had an hour to chop 
down a tree, I would spend 30 minutes sharpening my ax." Or similar numbers.

Some pointy-haired bosses out there don't understand that metaphor. They think 
that the more strokes needed to chop down the tree, the more "progress" we made.

That's why stodgy languages that lead to huge line counts are very easy to 
market to them.

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   Phlip