RE: Ruby status

[Justin Taylor <JUSTIN@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

So where's the activity, has it moved to a different project? 
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From: Pete Helgren [pete@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, October 20, 2017 7:49 AM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Ruby status

Not dead at all!  But Ruby is a different animal from something like PHP
or even Node where you get to recycle your skills in JavaScript.  There
is much to love in Ruby and much its functional appeal has been co-opted
in other projects. But it is an acquired taste, especially if you are
coming from RPG alone.

Great language once you get to know it but the learning curve can be
lengthy if you haven't already been exposed to the object oriented world.

Pete Helgren
www.petesworkshop.com
GIAC Secure Software Programmer-Java
Twitter - Sys_i_Geek  IBM_i_Geek

On 10/19/2017 10:19 PM, Justin Taylor wrote:
> I just picked up a copy of the new "Open Source Starter Guide For IBM i Developers" and it has chapters on Ruby. I haven't heard anything about Ruby on i for so long,  I kind of thought it was a dead project.  Am I wrong?
>
> Just curious,