From: ptkwt@...1.aracnet.com (Phil Tomson) Date: 2002-12-12T12:03:52+09:00 Subject: Re: help -- persuade my boss to adopt ruby In article <20021211184131.A84073@freeze.org>, Jim Freeze wrote: >On Thursday, 12 December 2002 at 7:42:00 +0900, Shannon Fang wrote: >> Hi Phil, >> >> You are absolutely right. What they fear is that: >> >> 1. Currently only I understand Ruby. >> 2. Java is in vogue. They want the language to be there after 10-20 >> years... >> >> I am currently writing a small introduction letter to my boss... > >I have given two presentations on Ruby at my work. It was received much >better than I anticipated. However just to show that YMMV: I gave a presentation on Ruby to my group at the same company that Jim works at (different location) about 1.5 years ago and it was NOT received well. >I used to get "Only you know Ruby", to >which I would respond, "Any programmer here after 2 days will know >Ruby better than they currently know Perl". I think this is really true. That's certainly how I recall feeling after moving from Perl to Ruby (more comfortable in Ruby after a couple of days). >After seeing the code >in two presentations, I think they are beginning to believe this >bit of truth. > good for them ;-) Phil -- "Or perhaps the truth is less interesting than the facts?" Amy Weiss (accusing theregister.co.uk of engaging in 'tabloid journalism') Senior VP, Communications Recording Industry Association of America