On Sat, 15 May 2004 23:13:50 +0900, Martin DeMello wrote

> I've noticed that about the ruby community in general - there's a lot
> more interest in developing libraries, hacking the language, etc,
>  than in writing actual "applications". I think it's partly because 
> of the
> (unusually?) high level of interest in language design rubyists have,
>  and partly because as programers, we feel the lack of libraries 
> more than we feel the lack of apps.

I think part of it might also be that many of us use the language for things 
other than desktop applications.  I write applications in Ruby every day.  
They are all web based applications targetted for specific business needs, 
though, and not general interest sorts of applications.  My impression is 
that many users of Ruby likewise use the language for some specific niche 
other than general purpose applications programming.


Kirk Haines