Re: Ruby momentum?

On Friday 05 August 2005 12:31 pm, David A. Black wrote:

> Let's give a tiny little nod to Ruby too :-)

Or a big nod. I've fed my kids for 3 years with Ruby and website/app work.
The work that I have done with the turnaround times that I give would not
have been possible using either Java or any Perl or Python technologies that
were available over that timespan. 'tis why I made the wholehearted jump to
using Ruby from Perl.

Ruby gets a big hug from me.


Kirk Haines


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