> This kind of group-think makes me angry. Well, not really angry, but > disappointed that vocal members of the Ruby community misrepresent the > community as a whole.
Oh hai Nathan :) > Everyone has their own reasons for doing things. If Charles Nutter > wants to persue JRuby in order to gain leverage in a corporate > environment he feels comfortable with, I say good on him. As someone who works with Ruby in a corporate environment, I just had to crack a joke on "the truth" he bears. Look, sure, might apply to a lot, the majority, half, or whatever other statistics he wants to pull from anywhere. And I'm not saying he's no one. But there's also the kind of corporate environment where technical decisions are not made by people with a business background. The kind of decision that goes along the lines of "Java scales and is secure, so I was told in a conference, hence Ruby needs it, full stop, and you're dumb if you disagree" (not saying that's what Charles said). See, I just think like this: quote JRuby for it's actual benefits, which are many I know, rather than the enterprise-ready bull. Suddenly the whole thing becomes very blurry. ps: I can't be bothered reading the actual blog post. Even if I did, that part remains like that bit of that movie "Knowing" where Nicholas Cage runs into the airplane crash site trying to save people while they burn to death. Even if the rest of the movie was any good, you just can't forgive something like that. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" 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/rails-oceania?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
