From: "Berger, Daniel" Date: 2003-02-25T22:59:55+09:00 Subject: Re: [ANN] Happy Birthday, Ruby, and an announcement.... > -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel P. Zepeda [mailto:daniel@zepeda-zone.net] > > > > > > > > In some ways this would be analogous to the Perl > Foundation. However, > > I think that giving all the money to one or two folks, as the Perl > > Foundation did, would be a mistake for the Ruby community. > > --->Ruby is behind Perl in the package/module race, <---- > > You know, I think folks need to stop thinking that way. I'm > sure you remember the very long discussion that was generated > when David Alan Black (I think) asked what modules/packages > were missing. I don't remember even one contribution, other > than my own, of things that were really missing from RAA or > already present in the Ruby core. In fact, I think it was you > Daniel that pointed out that the things I thought were > missing were actually already available as well. IIRC, the > original question was "What libraries/modules are missing?" > and the answer seemed to be "Nothing, we just need to package > up, document what is already there in a better, easier to > understand/use format." IMHO, Ruby is *not* behind in the > race, just because there isn't umpteen thousand different > modules/libraries in RAA as compared to CPAN, it's just that > Perl *needed* that many extra modules to equal what Ruby > already has. Now I'm not suggesting that there isn't a need > to keep developing new modules, but again, I just don't think > Ruby is *behind* so we should stop *saying* that, and > possibly putting people off Ruby for a reason that isn't there. > Damn - I knew I was gonna get called on that. I should have phrased it better - my apologies. What I really had in mind when I said that were some of the larger modules and/or frameworks, such as Net::SSH::Perl, Mason, an MS Structured Storage interface, etc. I didn't mean your avergage 1k module. Maybe we should concentrate on one or two projects then - I don't know. I was just sorta whipping the idea out there. Of course, this is all moot until Ruby Central, Inc gets tax exempt status anyway (for me at least). /lart /me Regards, Dan