From: Mike Stephens Date: 2010-12-03T17:49:54+09:00 Subject: DRM Principle - Don't Repeat Microsoft I was thinking about this last night and it's part of a belief I have that you reuse powerful facilities available to you rather than imitate them or bodge them into Ruby. That's how scripting languages started - simple programming interfaces to applications, operating systems etc. If you want to script a web site then don't struggle with Ruby-like libraries, run Internet Explorer and script its model. Nothing you can download from rubyforge is ever going to be as big, sophisticated and tested. Similarly with spreadsheets - Excel is on your computer, why mess with anything less? Fire up win32ole and the World is your oyster. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.