From: Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
Date: 2000-06-30T16:11:26-05:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:03735] Re: Why it's quiet

Conrad Schneiker <schneik@austin.ibm.com> writes:

> There is a big difference between so-called "hackers" (who don't mind
> fetching extra modules and dealing with the system administration and
> distribution issues of coordinating all this stuff) and more so-called
> "ordinary" end-users (and their managers) who avoid such things.

Again, this comes back to the ease of acquiring and installing these
extra modules. The easier (and more foolproof) it is, the less of a
burden it will be to do it. The ultimate might even be a mode where
'require's could contain a URL, and be satisfied locally from cache or
dynamically over the net. No user involvement at all.


Dave