From: Jostein Berntsen <jostein.berntsen@...>
Date: 2002-11-09T09:59:28+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Forum/BBS (Was: Re: Thoughts on Ruby lack of IDE)

I think all these channels are good, from BBS to Wiki. And my point in 
focusing on setting up a newbie section in a forum, or as a mailing list, is 
that it can function as a opening door for many newcomers. 

Meeting programming for the first time might be scary for many when the 
technical level is too high on a list. Learning by doing is a fine thing, and 
getting advice from people who has done it before at the same time is even 
better. I think that is much of the base for the popularity of Perl and 
Python. The communities include the whole spectre, also focusing on the 
beginners, somewhat in opposition to LISP and Smalltalk. 

Ruby is a great starting language. The clue is to spread the message, and have 
a channel to help out the new ones too.

Regards,

Jostein


On Saturday 09 November 2002 00:23,  JamesBritt wrote:
> > http://rubynet.org/board/
>
> Ooh, PHP!
>
> How does the forum
>
>   General Ruby Discussion
>   Anything goes here
>
> differ from ruby-talk/comp.lang.ruby ?
>
> BTW, Wrox has a Ruby message board; it's been up for at least a year I
> think.
>
> http://p2p.wrox.com/list.asp?list=ruby
>
> Traffic is, uh, low.  Probably because critical mass exists on ruby-talk.
>
>
> James