From: Harry Ohlsen <harryo@...>
Date: 2003-07-18T07:59:34+09:00
Subject: Re: New Ruby book

On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 08:31, Jack Herrington wrote:
> I reckon I could get them into Ruby by showing them tools
> > that can
> > augment their Java development.  Once they start playing with Ruby for
> > that
> > kind of thing, I think they'll see the power and make it a serious
> > choice for
> > general work.
>
> I'd love to hear if that works.

I'll report back ... success or failure.

It's not so much that they're anti anything non-Java, just that they don't 
seem to want to try Ruby.

Every time I talk to someone about it, they seem to lump Ruby in with every 
other scripting language and believe it's of no value for "real" work.

They'd rather use BeanShell, which is a scripting language that looks like 
Java.  I have to admit, I've not tried it (because I've already found the 
*best* scripting language :-), but I can't imagine it being as neat as Ruby.

> The book came out as an ebook on Monday, and is at the printers right
> now. Hardcopy should start shipping in a couple of weeks if you buy
> from Manning.

Terrific.  Being here in Australia, maybe I'll talk my boss into buying me a 
copy of the eBook and then wait for the print version to get here (sometimes 
takes a while), especially since Manning offers a refund on the eBook when 
you buy the paper version.

Cheers,

Harry O.