A decade ago I got introduced to Ruby by writing a static analyzer which used abstract interpretation [1] more or less following the hardcore lattice book [2] a

A decade ago I got introduced to Ruby by writing a static analyzer which used abstract interpretation [1] more or less following the hardcore lattice book [2] as taught by the Nielsons themselves. I used Ruby because my groupmates found Lisp, ML or Haskell too difficult, and Ruby has(had) a very nice Set datatype plus pretty good metaprogramming and DSL abilities. The code was on Github for some time and it was always funny to see recruiters reaching me, looking for people with > X years Rails experience, as they always equated Ruby to Rails. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_interpretation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_interpretation [2] http://www.imm.dtu.dk/~hrni/PPA/ppasup2004.html http://www.imm.dtu.dk/~hrni/PPA/ppasup2004.html