From: Kent Dahl <kentda@...>
Date: 2001-01-27T01:10:02+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:9938] which ruby ...?

I was reading some software magazine I grabbed off a shelf in boredom,
when I suddenly noticed the word "Ruby", about a programming language,
and to my horror it wasn't _the_ Ruby that everyone on this ng have a
crush on.

<QUOTE
  paper     = "The Future of Software(www.futureofsoftware.net) Winter
2000/2001 Vol 1, No.1"
  publicist = "Fawcette Technical Publications"
  article   = "It's All About Interfaces"
  author    = "Alan Cooper"
>
<URL> http://www.futureofsoftware.net/ac0010/ac0010.asp </URL>
  "In 1988, I created Ruby; a visual programminge language I sold to
Microsoft.
   Microsoft combined Ruby with the moribund QuickBASIC language to
create Visual Basic."
</QUOTE>

A search on www.google.com for Ruby+"Alan Cooper" reveals more.

Should Ruby-enthusiasts around the world be worried??? 

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