Hi jmh,

jmh wrote:
> I'm not currently a Ruby user but have heard about it for a
> while (few years). I've started looking into it and will get
> around to compiling it in the next few weeks but was curious
> how people are using the language. Is it primarily for
> sys admin tasks? Internal applications? External customers?
> Commercial applications?

And of course the famous site: http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?RealWorldRuby

There are lots of examples of Real World Ruby Usage.

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Sascha Ebach