From: Josef 'Jupp' Schugt Date: 2003-04-23T09:40:29+09:00 Subject: Re: Ruby in a university course Saluton! * Eric Schwartz ; 2003-04-22, 21:38 UTC: > > > [Volkshochschule], a bit hard to translate... > > > > Maybe "Adult evening classes" Sounds like 'Abendschule' to me. > Sounds more like a community college to me. I don't know enought about education in anglo-saxon countries so let me write a bit about Volkshochschule (VHS - same abbreviation as Video Home System). VHS has many different courses. Courses can be 'How to repair your bike', 'Mastering Excel' but they can also be 'finishing school'. Almost anything is possible. I did take a COBOL course. As far as computers are concerned they usually only do mainstream. I think it's Vice++ (VC++) and Phoebe (VB) these days. But that strongly depends on two questions: What are people after that want to teach and what do people want. If too few join a course it is cancelled. I am surprised that a VHS does announce a Ruby course - it is by no means mainstream here in Germany. Many people here in Bonn and Cologne believe in the holy church of the camel, some have a python cult and very few are Rubyist. But I am evangelizing. At our local LUG (Bonn) I can produce laughter by taking a Ruby book and holding it in the way other people hold their 'Watchtower' >;-> But it works. Some people start taking Ruby into account when it comes to scripting problems. At least one guy told me 'I started using Ruby because of your frequent statements about Ruby :-> Maybe some day there will be a Ruby User Group here. Presently I don't think there are enough people for that. Convince me I am wrong (-_-) Gis, Josef 'Jupp' Schugt -- Please consider e-mails with no or an empty plain text part as not being delivered to me. This of course does not apply to signed or encrypted messages. Addresses that send unsolicited e-mails or that repeatedly ignore the above requirement will be blocked.