From: Bulat Ziganshin Date: 2002-12-15T14:55:22+09:00 Subject: Re: help -- persuade my boss to adopt ruby Hello dblack, Friday, December 13, 2002, 8:27:54 AM, you wrote: >> >it's the MATZ'S position that Ruby will never be REAL WORLD language. >> >it's his own toy and never will appreciate features needed for >> >corporate use dcsn> literally the only person I've ever killfiled. It is not at all dcsn> surprising to me that he has escalated to openly insulting matz it insulting me, not matz :) ruby is perfect language which don't have a future because his purity. i think it will dupe smalltalk way. any genius idea traverse 3 stages and ruby is only stage 2 of OO programming. C++ and even Eiffel has more appreciation because his authors know about COMPROMISES and don't kill the chicks whichs gives gold eggs -- Best regards, Bulat mailto:bulatz@integ.ru