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IMHO, this smells like a marketing move -- in the same way that merging Rails and Merb was a (brilliant) marketing move. If Rails wants to stay "cool" (and if y
by smoody 16y ago
IMHO, this smells like a marketing move -- in the same way that merging Rails and Merb was a (brilliant) marketing move. If Rails wants to stay "cool" (and if you believe that "cool" is a zero sum game), then Rails has to stay buzzword compliant. Yes, Rails has a lot of support but the Rails team isn't stupid and they know, by definition, that it's just a matter of years before Rails itself becomes something of a relic -- one kids know of only because their daddies and mommies used to use it.
- dasil003 16y agoYou're stuck in 2004, when DHH poked Java in the eye to get attention; that was a marketing move. It's been years since Rails had to do any marketing. The Merb merge was about bringing incredible ideas into Rails, and it shows in Rails 3. Similarly, CoffeeScript is being defaulted because DHH believes it's a better way to write JS. He has better things to do than make contrived technical decisions to stir up controversy. If you disagree than I pity your paranoia.