On Dec 23, 2008, at 11:56 pm, doug livesey wrote:
> Yeah, but my endgame is Gosu! > (I know that you can code Gosu in Ruby, but I think that games are > one area that performance really is one of *the* issues.) Ah interesting. May I ask why Gosu, if game programming is your thing? There's a stack of game libraries around now. Have you thought about one that will let you use Lua or Python? ( I'm just trying to save you from a lifetime of pointer indirection bugs ;o) ) > Anyway, back on topic, I am a little perturbed by the news. I was > liking Merb's approach & wanted to move gracefully into that *away* > from rampant opinionation, whilst keeping some legacy apps up-to- > date with rails. I too hope that the Rails opinionation will be tempered by its Borg- like assimilation into the Merb codebase. And if not, if Merb mutates into Rails, there's always the possibility of a rescue fork, or Yet Another Ruby Web Framework being expanded. May an omnipotent deity of your choice help us if we get to the point we're discussing Camping/ Sinatra/Ramaze being merged into Merb 3/Rails 4 :) > Now it looks like my choices have been reduced, and that keeping up- > to-date is about to become a massive chore. > & I can't enjoy the spectacle of the opinionation becoming more > humble as it loses its effective monopoly on Ruby development. Couldn't have put it better myself. But I think the Merb team will make the transition painless. Actually, it will be painless by virtue of the process being the addition of a Rails compatibility layer onto Merb, but that's just speculation... > But those are just bitches about my personal situation -- if I were > to have a more empirical view of events & their effect on Ruby > development, I'd have to wait for more data as events unfold. Lack of empirical data is not an obstacle in most disciplines, such as medical research or investment banking, so why should it stop us :) I say more unfounded rumours! More idle speculation! More bitching! It's Christmas after all :) Ashley -- http://www.patchspace.co.uk/ http://aviewfromafar.net/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NWRUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
