From: Ben Giddings <ben@...>
Date: 2003-07-29T02:55:10+09:00
Subject: Re: Fishing for ideas: Ruby-talk for Java coders

On Mon July 28 2003 1:06 pm, Armin Roehrl wrote:
> I am only fishing for ideas. What would you focus on? We have 60 minutes of 
> talking time.
> 
> I guess we /must/ mention interoperability with Java.

* The ways in which Ruby beats Java in OO design
  + Subclassing of built-in types
  + Everything (numbers and characters included) supports .kind_of? and stuff
(Because Java coders like to think their language is the ultimate in OO 
design)

* The way in which Ruby beats Java when it comes to super simple programs
(Because in Java the simplest program still requires a class, main function, 
etc)

* Mention that Ruby is open-sourced unlike Java

* Show off the Ruby interpreter (something Java lacks)

* Introduce things like blocks, bindings, continuations, etc.