From: Adriano Volpones <adriano.volpones@...>
Date: 2003-08-06T22:02:18+09:00
Subject: newbie question from a smalltalker

Dear all,

I am a seasoned Smalltalk developer and I'm playing with Ruby which I found
the best script language in the spirit of Smalltalk.

What I cannot find in it is the entire world of programming and refactoring
tools that are for long time available in every Smalltalk environment.

For example the simple list of "implementors" and "senders" of a method is
invaluable when the project begins to grow up to hundreds of classes.

The value of a language is in it's "elegance" but in a day-by-day work the
tools for the programmers are of the same or greater interest.

Am I wrong in something about the use of Ruby ?

Could some one else explain to me the management of medium and large size of
projects in Ruby ?.

Tnx,

    Adriano