Comments on: April Fails or April Fools Epic Win? On “Ruby is the Future” http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/posts/ruby-is-the-future-2/ programming, politics, & other religious issues Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Consumer-Developers and Contributor-Developers | Enfranchised Mind http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/posts/ruby-is-the-future-2/#comment-36907 Consumer-Developers and Contributor-Developers | Enfranchised Mind Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:44:46 +0000 http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/?p=1105#comment-36907 [...] which is why I satired that functionality in Ruby is the Future (be sure to read the follow-up at April Fails or April Fools Epic Win? On “Ruby is the Future”). Whatever the reason, though, Ruby developers seem motivated to really explore and grok and push [...] [...] which is why I satired that functionality in Ruby is the Future (be sure to read the follow-up at April Fails or April Fools Epic Win? On “Ruby is the Future”). Whatever the reason, though, Ruby developers seem motivated to really explore and grok and push [...]

]]> By: Robert Fischer http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/posts/ruby-is-the-future-2/#comment-34407 Robert Fischer Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:54:51 +0000 http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/?p=1105#comment-34407 It might be a good trade-off. Of course, if you could have more flexibility/freedom *and* reduce the points of failure (a la Duby), wouldn't that be even better? It might be a good trade-off. Of course, if you could have more flexibility/freedom *and* reduce the points of failure (a la Duby), wouldn’t that be even better?

]]> By: Jim Van Fleet http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/posts/ruby-is-the-future-2/#comment-34406 Jim Van Fleet Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:30:10 +0000 http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/?p=1105#comment-34406 Hi, Robert. In my role as the care and feeding for a relatively large and involved Rails application, I can assure all readers that bullets # 1, 5, and 6 are real issues. My question is this: doesn't more freedom/flexibility imply more points of failure? If so, might that not be a good tradeoff? I am not certain what the future holds, of course, but I believe that as time passes, the Rails community will have more opportunity at mature libraries with the "just-right" balance of flexibility and stability in construction and performance. Perhaps this just reinforces bullet 6 however! Some users will need to examine the code to make such a determination. @bigfleet Hi, Robert.

In my role as the care and feeding for a relatively large and involved Rails application, I can assure all readers that bullets # 1, 5, and 6 are real issues. My question is this: doesn’t more freedom/flexibility imply more points of failure? If so, might that not be a good tradeoff?

I am not certain what the future holds, of course, but I believe that as time passes, the Rails community will have more opportunity at mature libraries with the “just-right” balance of flexibility and stability in construction and performance. Perhaps this just reinforces bullet 6 however! Some users will need to examine the code to make such a determination.

@bigfleet

]]> By: Mark Menard http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/posts/ruby-is-the-future-2/#comment-34337 Mark Menard Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:05:46 +0000 http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/?p=1105#comment-34337 @RobertFischer You just need to write more controversial posts. Mark @RobertFischer You just need to write more controversial posts.

Mark

]]> By: Robert Fischer http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/posts/ruby-is-the-future-2/#comment-34336 Robert Fischer Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:30:55 +0000 http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/?p=1105#comment-34336 Wow. 4500 unique visitors to "Ruby is the Future" on April 1st. It usually takes me a whole <em>month</em> to rack up that much traffic. Wow. 4500 unique visitors to “Ruby is the Future” on April 1st. It usually takes me a whole month to rack up that much traffic.

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