On 5/1/07, Ben Bleything <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Absolutely! We welcome newbies, both to Ruby and to Portland. It > sounds like we may end up not doing presentations tonight (unless we can > find a space quickly), but you should definitely try to make it out!
Thanks Ben. I look forward to it. Hans, "relative inexperience in Ruby" is more like "total inexperience." On the meeting location, though I don't know how big meetings usually are, I can recommend, despite only having been in town a few months, rontoms on 600 E Burnside St. It is a big warehouse-style bar that serves many local brews and has the ability to cater to groups of varying sizes (I've been to a several functions there, with the largest having been about 15-20 people I think). Ah, since I wrote that John made what sounds like a great suggestion, though clearly I'll leave that decision to all of you. David and Mike, sorry that I was vague. The language I worked on is called Natural (as in, I'm a Natural lover ;) ). It is primarily a mainframe language, though it does have many sites using their PC version too. It is not like Ruby or PHP in that it is owned and run by a German company. I picked it up back home in South Africa (they are found around the globe), before coming to work in many states around the US. But it is high time I changed direction. Here in Portland I am told that both the City of Portland and Nike use Natural, but I have never found a job posting. I've also heard that State government in Salem might be using Natural. I've used related products, like Construct, an awesome code generator, and I regret to admit that I have used the dreaded VB. I continue to do penance ;). Right now I am also playing with PHP and MySQL. Mike, on buying beers...maybe after I find a job ;). I looking hard but the market seems quiet. Suggestions welcome. Thank you all for the warm welcome. You made my day. I'm really looking forward to it. Grant _______________________________________________ PDXRuby mailing list [email protected] IRC: #pdx.rb on irc.freenode.net http://lists.pdxruby.org/mailman/listinfo/pdxruby
