[ruby-talk:03661] Re: Perl and Ruby: an Irony

Hi Clemens,

>     Dat> That's it, bravo. Your salary is not 2 cents at all.  My code
>                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Dat,
>
> What do you mean by this sentence! Either my english is a lot worser I
> thought or you was a bit unpolite here, wasn't you?

This is slightly amusing.

You both speak good English. But I understand what Dat meant -- Yasushi
used the phrase "my two cents' worth" and Dat was saying, no, this is worth
MUCH MORE than two cents...

But I see where the confusion comes from -- from the English language
itself.

I had two years of German, and I recall my professor saying, "Feel sorry for
the
Germans learning English -- a language where the past tense of 'must' is
'had to.'"

ObRuby: How is Ruby catching on in countries other than Japan and the U.S.?
Anything interesting to report?

Hal Fulton