So why does it need to be Ruby?

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Post #279,531 by admin 3/25/07 8:15:33 PM Reply	So why does it need to be Ruby? Certainly not for speed. It's the slowest of the scripting languages. Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #279,551 by tuberculosis 3/25/07 11:12:30 PM Reply	Because I already have a bunch of maintenance script in it And given that I do scripting so seldom that I have to lookup every line of code - I'd rather not have multiplle languages that I barely remember. No leverage. I4 NOW! Impeach, Indict, Incarcerate, Inject Bush, Cheney, Gonzalez, Rumsfeld, Rove, Rice

Anybody wanna hack some ruby for a KiloBuck? - (tuberculosis) - (20) - March 22, 2007, 02:16:04 AM EDT

I guess everyone has enough money and too little time -NT - (tuberculosis) - (13) - March 24, 2007, 11:23:46 PM EDT

Don't care for ruby, actually. - (admin) - (7) - March 24, 2007, 11:37:17 PM EDT

Rails is OK - (tuberculosis) - (6) - March 24, 2007, 11:46:03 PM EDT

Uh, yeah. - (admin) - (5) - March 24, 2007, 11:49:48 PM EDT

I didn't mean fashionable - (tuberculosis) - (4) - March 25, 2007, 02:33:56 AM EDT

Fashionable == !quaint - (admin) - (3) - March 25, 2007, 12:55:37 PM EDT

I code in the debugger - (tuberculosis) - (2) - March 25, 2007, 01:17:43 PM EDT

I prefer to use unit tests to guarantee quality - (admin) - (1) - March 25, 2007, 08:14:22 PM EDT

I do both - (tuberculosis) - March 26, 2007, 02:04:26 AM EDT

ROFL - Don't know Ruby. -NT - (imric) - March 25, 2007, 12:18:48 AM EDT

Nope -just you specified How the problem needed to be solved - (crazy) - (2) - March 25, 2007, 12:53:43 AM EDT

If I wanted to take lip from a script kiddie - (tuberculosis) - (1) - March 25, 2007, 04:35:15 AM EDT

My, this is a long yesterday - (crazy) - March 25, 2007, 12:45:52 PM EDT

There are three other options. - (static) - March 25, 2007, 09:07:49 AM EDT

send me enough for a sixpack and download this - (boxley) - (4) - March 25, 2007, 10:07:52 AM EDT

Wrong spot in the chain - (tuberculosis) - (3) - March 25, 2007, 01:12:33 PM EDT

maybe this will help - (boxley) - March 25, 2007, 02:30:05 PM EDT

So why does it need to be Ruby? - (admin) - (1) - March 25, 2007, 08:15:33 PM EDT

Because I already have a bunch of maintenance script in it - (tuberculosis) - March 25, 2007, 11:12:30 PM EDT

Done - (tuberculosis) - March 26, 2007, 02:05:10 AM EDT

Sorry, what? I wasn't listening. I was fantasizing that I was far away, very alone, and reading a book.
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