Francis Hwang
11/4/2004 3:06:00 AM
Well, one thing that helps is that the Ruby community is still quite
small. Many of the people who frequent this list are people that I've
been lucky enough to meet at RubyConf, which last time was only 60
people, keep in mind. So you have to be considerate when you talk about
something even heated like this. For one thing, you've met some of
these people before and you know they're probably alright people even
if their opinions are vastly different from yours. For another thing,
you'll probably see them again ;)
Of course, as the Ruby community grows, this dynamic will probably
change ...
F.
On Nov 3, 2004, at 8:48 PM, Dave Burt wrote:
> "David Morton" <mortonda@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Nevertheless, as others have said, knowing someone else on this list
>> is for Kerry doesn't change my opinion of them, and this list has
>> earned my respect for being much more civil and intelligent than many
>> other language or technology lists. Thank you all for that. :)
>
> I'm _very_ impressed by the civility of this thread. It's almost as if
> ruby-talk is real people, not just online hermits who cannot care
> about each
> other by nature/. I seriously cannot recall any online political
> debate this
> flameless.
>
> Why? Is it something about Ruby? I feel sure, with the representation
> in
> this thread of the list, there's a correlation to be made. Age? Are
> you guys
> older than /.ers?
>
> "Ruby: polite people's programming language of choice" ?
>
> "Ruby: programming for people, not just geeks" ?
>
>
>