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You Used Ruby to Write WHAT?!

41 points by jlhamilton 19y ago

pius 19y ago
If you'd included the author's name in the title, this story would be #1. ;)
- randrews 19y ago
  I almost didn't read this because of the domain it's on, but your comment convinced me to. Thank you. :)
michaelneale 19y ago
Zed is a good writer.
- neilcauldwell 19y ago
  Couldn't agree more. Zed hits the nail on the head when he highlights the passion for Ruby among new programmers. I just started working with Rails, and everyone I've been learning from is infatuated with Ruby (and Rails, to some extent).
- ericb 19y ago
  Agreed, not only is he a good writer, his article hits the nail on the head for the areas where ruby has an advantage. He manages to nail down a diverse list of areas. On a different note, I suspect he might be bipolar. http://www.helpguide.org/mental/bipolar_disorder_symptoms_treatment.htm http://www.helpguide.org/mental/bipolar_disorder_symptoms_tr...
iamelgringo 19y ago
I'm absolutely dumbfounded that this is written by Zed Shaw. There wasn't a single expletive in the entire article! The last I read from Zed, he was railing against the powers that be in the Rails community. And the impression that I got was that he was rather under-employed and broke. Turns out, Zed's doing rather well for himself working as a VP at an investment bank and writing for CIO.com. Wow. Anyway, nice write up of the strengths and limitations of Ruby the language, the MRI and JRuby.
- nickb 19y ago
  Many commenters on N.YC were saying that those Zed's posts were 'career suicides' and I guess they were wrong. He did pretty well by spewing hate, I must admit. Biggest irony is that he's using Rails on his new project even though he said he didn't want anything to do with RoR and 'left' it for Factor.
  - pius 19y ago
    A month ago Obie good-naturedly called Zed out for this here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=98361 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=98361 To be fair, Zed also said in subsequent interviews that he'd still use Ruby to make money, but he wouldn't use for hobby coding or new, envelope pushing projects.
simplegeek 19y ago
Nice article, but by his standards it was somewhat boring :-)
lojic 19y ago
Yawn. I'm getting rather sick of Zed - whether it's his toddler tantrum tirades, or this jumbled, rambling brain dump. "The truth is: Any language that's Turing Complete and supports enough language features can solve any problem." Really? Wow, thanks Zed.

41 points by jlhamilton 19y ago

pius 19y ago

If you'd included the author's name in the title, this story would be #1. ;)

randrews 19y ago
I almost didn't read this because of the domain it's on, but your comment convinced me to. Thank you. :)

michaelneale 19y ago

Zed is a good writer.

neilcauldwell 19y ago
Couldn't agree more. Zed hits the nail on the head when he highlights the passion for Ruby among new programmers. I just started working with Rails, and everyone I've been learning from is infatuated with Ruby (and Rails, to some extent).
ericb 19y ago
Agreed, not only is he a good writer, his article hits the nail on the head for the areas where ruby has an advantage. He manages to nail down a diverse list of areas. On a different note, I suspect he might be bipolar. http://www.helpguide.org/mental/bipolar_disorder_symptoms_treatment.htm http://www.helpguide.org/mental/bipolar_disorder_symptoms_tr...

iamelgringo 19y ago

I'm absolutely dumbfounded that this is written by Zed Shaw. There wasn't a single expletive in the entire article! The last I read from Zed, he was railing against the powers that be in the Rails community. And the impression that I got was that he was rather under-employed and broke. Turns out, Zed's doing rather well for himself working as a VP at an investment bank and writing for CIO.com. Wow. Anyway, nice write up of the strengths and limitations of Ruby the language, the MRI and JRuby.

nickb 19y ago
Many commenters on N.YC were saying that those Zed's posts were 'career suicides' and I guess they were wrong. He did pretty well by spewing hate, I must admit. Biggest irony is that he's using Rails on his new project even though he said he didn't want anything to do with RoR and 'left' it for Factor.
- pius 19y ago
  A month ago Obie good-naturedly called Zed out for this here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=98361 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=98361 To be fair, Zed also said in subsequent interviews that he'd still use Ruby to make money, but he wouldn't use for hobby coding or new, envelope pushing projects.

simplegeek 19y ago

Nice article, but by his standards it was somewhat boring :-)

lojic 19y ago

Yawn. I'm getting rather sick of Zed - whether it's his toddler tantrum tirades, or this jumbled, rambling brain dump. "The truth is: Any language that's Turing Complete and supports enough language features can solve any problem." Really? Wow, thanks Zed.