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He also wrote http://tryruby.hobix.com http://tryruby.hobix.com (an interactive Ruby tutorial, with an Ajax interactive ruby shell, give it a try) and unholy (a
by pygy 18y ago
He also wrote http://tryruby.hobix.com http://tryruby.hobix.com (an interactive Ruby tutorial, with an Ajax interactive ruby shell, give it a try) and unholy (a WIP Ruby to Python bytecode compiler) , and is in fact known and respected (John Resig and Tim Bray voted "keep" on the AfD page at Wikipedia) as much for his achievements and his skills than for being inspirational and for his ability to think (way) out of the box, which are impossible to quantify.
You have to read him for some time to understand. He's the only code artist that I know.
- hugh 18y agoI tried tryruby, and I have to admit it was pretty goddamn neat. Of course creating something goddamn neat still doesn't mean that you deserve a wikipedia article, but ultimately making previously-skeptical people say "Wow, that was pretty goddamn neat" is a more worthwhile achievement than being listed in wikipedia.
- mikeryan 18y agoIf you're looking for a more valid reason than one of _why's toys try http://poignantguide.net/ http://poignantguide.net/ or http://hacketyhack.net/ http://hacketyhack.net/ the book/comic he wrote or his full featured attempt to make it easier for kids to learn to code. Both projects are fairly significant.