Ruby / Advocacy
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This is a collection of articles and presentations that help make a case for using Ruby. You, the wise developer, may understand the power and beauty of the language, but sometimes you need to convince that special someone. Such as your boss or co-worker. Enlightenment can be tricky, but these resources may help.
InfoWorld: Paul Krill (2007-05-21). Rails creator doubts Silverlight can win converts (http://www.infoworld.com/archives/emailPrint.jsp?R=printThis&A=/article/07/05/21/hansson-qa_1.html).
...Hansson: I think Java and C# and other languages of that type [are] definitely being replaced by leaner and lighter approaches. I think Ruby and Python and SmallTalk and other languages in that sphere [are] gaining rapid ground just by people realizing that they would much rather have an enjoyable, productive environment [rather than] buy into these arguments for safety or bad things that will come down if you don't have types and so on and so forth. So I'm absolutely seeing the market share of these languages going down as more and more people just realize that they didn't die by using [the] scripting languages.
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InfoWorld: Microsoft is adding support for IronRuby and IronPython to the DLR (Dynamic Language Runtime). What's your take on that?
Hansson: I enjoy the fact that more people can get to experience Ruby by getting it in the side door somehow, that Ruby can be used in shops [that are] predominantly Microsoft shops. But I hope that those are more planting seeds for people to then get out. I'm not seeing that Ruby on the DLR or whatever is going to convince a lot of people currently using Ruby to jump in the arms of Microsoft. But I do see it the other way around. I do see people who were traditionally using Microsoft technologies being exposed to languages like Python and Ruby and then realizing that hey, maybe I actually don't need the Microsoft part.
