From: Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@...>
Date: 2004-02-02T23:34:43+09:00
Subject: Re: Python 25 times as popular as Ruby !?

On Monday, February 2, 2004, 11:29:49 PM, Martin wrote:

> Lothar Scholz <mailinglists@scriptolutions.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Whats about cooperation instead of competition in the ruby world ?
>> The raa-installer vs. ruby-gems is one of the places where energy is
>> spend that could be used better. I also see lots of libraries in
>> competition to each other but not in competition to some python/perl
>> libraries, simply because they are to weak to be a competitor.

> I have no problem with several projects exploring the same ecological
> niche. What I do find mildly depressing is the number of ruby cookbook
> projects out there, in various stages of development. (I even wrote to a
> couple to see if they needed help, but never heard back from one, and
> was told the other was on hiatus at the moment). Surely we should be
> able to finish such a well-defined project within a month or two, with a
> concerted community push.

> Which brings up an interesting tangent - is there any ruby software that
> would help coordinate such an effort?

I started one such effort with submissions from the Sydney group,
which was never really advertised.  It was based on PLEAC (which is
based on the Perl cookbook).  I didn't like the PLEAC "code only"
approach, so thought another effort was justified (besides, all code
is sharable).

My effort has been dead for ages.  I'd love to donate it to a good
home.  Left alone, one day I would probably make a RubyForge project
out of it, but I'm waaaay too busy on other Ruby stuff to think about
that atm.

It's not a community push that would finish it; it's devotion from a
few core people and proofreading from a few more.

Cheers,
Gavin

http://www.soyabean.com.au/gavin/ruby-cookbook/ruby-cookbook/html/index.html