[YLUG] I.T. consultancies/software houses in York area?

[Arthur Clune]

On 10 Oct 2006, at 18:43, Simon Ward wrote:

>
>   PHP aside, I'm also trying to work out the point of Ruby - during  
> my brief flirtation with it, it didn't appear to offer anything  
> that wasn't already catered for by Python and Perl. TurboGears I  
> know about but haven't looked at since I do very little web-related  
> stuff nowadays. I tried to learn Zope once, but gave up when my  
> brain tried to chew its way out of my skull.

<AOL>Me too</AOL>

Serious question - why Ruby? I tend to view it as Perl 6, but Ruby on  
Rails was/is innovative and has pushed Ruby a long way. Anyone on the  
list use it and care to give me a précis of its virtues?

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