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Exactly, Ruby Isn't An Insurgency

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This article and Tim's are both a little long-winded. All that is happening here is a discussion about when to hold ruby conferences: on weekdays so the pros can go, or on weekends so hobbyists can go.

I am a bit put off by the zealotry of the ruby camp (i.e. The Ruby Way, why_'s midnight genius). Ruby is an interpreter. There are lots of them. When you boil it down, there are lots with similar capabilities, so it comes down to a preference on which to choose.

I want a choice between interpreters, and not a choice on which cult to join.

That's "_why". Not "why_".

You're never gonna get into the club at that rate. ;)

Thanks for the correction

Yeah, good point, but _why's idiosyncratic writing is wacky fun.

Cult?

Ruby is serious business. Real business and totally bankable. Fact: You cannot do it late at night.

Wow I wish I could downvote this.

Are you not an admin? PG mentioned early on that the admins included YC founders, so I've sort of assumed that all YC founders are admins though on reflection I don't really have good reason to believe that.

Either way "mark this such that brett loses clout once pg pushes the new ranking sw" is still probably far less satisfying than "get this crap off the front page now" would be.

I am not an admin, and even if I was I wouldn't bury it. It's not odious, I just think it's stupid.

I didn't quite get that. Was he taking the piss out of Tim Bray for being older? No I don't find _why at all helpful, nor amusing. Some folk do though.

_why wrote the hpricot html parsers for ruby, as well as tryruby.org, which i showed my dad (who was impressed by it). some people swear in their code, some people write "chunky bacon".

> some people swear in their code, some people write "chunky bacon".

Now THAT makes the most sense to me ever. Now I get it. Yes we all like to do crazy things. I like bug tracker tickets to have cussing in them (makes for good release notes).

Funny in a "fresh eyed junior berating grizzled veterans insistence of rigour" sort of way. Until you read these ~ http://talkety.hacketyhack.net/thread/130/hackety-hack-for-l...

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