From: Martin DeMello <martindemello@...>
Date: 2009-03-09T17:05:58+09:00
Subject: Re: What are the 5 most innovative ruby projects/libraries?

On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Phlip <phlip2005@gmail.com> wrote:
> Martin DeMello wrote:
>
>> and since I seem to have fallen into an alliterative pattern, check
>> out Hpricot and Hoe too :)
>
> You may have missed the memo, but Nokogiri recently blew Hpricot out of the
> water...
>
> Yeah yeah yeah Hpricot _was_ innovative - a XML library that focuses on all
> the features real programmers actually /need/, instead of just typing in the
> exact XML RFCs verbatim. Nokogiri is strictly derivative here. Yet Nokogiri
> appears to have a better architecture...

Yep, nokogiri is a superb piece of work, but hpricot blazed the trail.
If we're specifically discussing *innovative* projects I'd say hpricot
gets the tip of the hat.

martin