David A. Black wrote: > It's not the first time something has had to be clarified a bit. I'd > like to nip in the bud the implication that David was trying to steer > people toward updating all their gems at once, which he wasn't and > which attributes to him either ignorance of gems or some kind of > bizarre pranksterism -- wrongly, in either case. What, you're claiming DHH isn't a bizarre prankster? I submit that Rails is only a global prank to hypnotize web developers -- one that is so far succeeding. Only reason I haven't succumbed myself is that I am not much of a web developer... but I can sense that I too will fall under its spell someday soon. Hal