From: Michael Vondung <mvondung@...>
Date: 2003-08-28T23:14:49+09:00
Subject: Re: Another Ruby-powered site

Josef 'Jupp' Schugt wrote:

> The first association that crosses my mind is 'jihad' - that is what
> typically breaks out when mixing religion and software.

You saw the ";)" smiley at the end of my article, I hope! :)  I'll admit 
I'm partial to Ruby and FreeBSD, but there are no other computer 
languages I use (thus Ruby is "the best" for me, but I lack the 
competence to compare it to other languages), and I do run Windows and 
Debian in addition to FreeBSD. If you look at the header of this post, 
you'll see that it originates from a Windows box. To me, languages and 
operating systems are tools and I use the one(s) that works best for me, 
for a given task.

My previous message wasn't actually "serious", though I do believe Ruby 
deserves more "attention". Promoting sites that apply Ruby for useful 
services is one way to make it a bit more known and perhaps popular[1]. 
I'd call it "community development" rather than "missionary work". :)

M.

[1] I realise that popularity is a double-edged sword and that this 
isn't necessarily what everyone wants. It would be nice if Western 
publishers were more willing to add Ruby-related books to their 
selection, for example.