Hi all This is GK.Sezhian working for BPL Telecom . If guys u can find some time to answer some of my basic doubts it will be more helpful.as Iam just bit confused to select among groovy (Java )/python /Ruby for my future assignments 1.Has anyone of you tried rubyonrails web app in your protyping/production ? 2.What is the adv Ruby gives over python ...on googling I found an article stating just they are philosophically different?? 3.OO becomes a overhead in some cases when a small coding stuff can achieve that . 4.I have just gone thro some perfomance results which rendered Ruby to be very slow is it ? 5.Does Ruby have strong user groups in term of count like python? 6.Can I get some reference where ruby has Been used in large /criical projects? 7.How is Ruby's performance with huge DB resultsets.. 8.How about the DB features supported by Ruby..like Rowsets I java ...Transactional settings ...etc 9.What is the newest release in Ruby world like library,new language features,tools ... 10. the end statement in ruby is bit tricky will it be changed ??? 11.Template driven programming can reduces the developing time right ? Then what is the need of Ruby creating a whole set of new language form scratch ..i heard there are more than 200 odd languages available (programming languages) .. Here I mean to say what is the advantage of Ruby over grrovy/template programming.. These are my inner quest questions...and iam looking for a compulsary reason to switch to Ruby.. Thanks Sezhian.gk Thanks Sezhian.gk -----Original Message----- From: ruby-india Moderator [mailto:ruby-india-owner / yahoogroups.com] Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2005 12:17 PM To: GK. Sezhian Subject: Welcome to ruby-india Hello, Welcome to the ruby-india group at Yahoo! Groups, a free, easy-to-use email group service. Please take a moment to review this message. To learn more about the ruby-india group, please visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ruby-india To start sending messages to members of this group, simply send email to ruby-india / yahoogroups.com If you do not wish to belong to ruby-india, you may unsubscribe by sending an email to ruby-india-unsubscribe / yahoogroups.com To see and modify all of your groups, go to http://groups.yahoo.com/mygroups Regards, Moderator, ruby-india Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ -----Original Message----- From: ruby-talk-admin / ruby-lang.org [mailto:ruby-talk-admin / ruby-lang.org] Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2005 12:51 PM To: GK. Sezhian Subject: Welcome to our (ruby-talk ML) You are added automatically Caution: If you reply this mail, the recipient is mailing list! post articles <ruby-talk / ruby-lang.org> commands <ruby-talk-ctl / ruby-lang.org> maintainer <ruby-talk-admin / ruby-lang.org> Welcome to our mailing list <ruby-talk / ruby-lang.org> ! This mail contains the fundamental usage of the mailing list server. 1 How to use this server Please send commands in the mail body not subject to the address <ruby-talk-ctl / ruby-lang.org>. The command syntax is as follows: # help help # help or help Please send the "# help" to the address <ruby-talk-ctl / ruby-lang.org> for help and server functions overview # help to get general information on this list # guide If you want to make a contact with the mailing list maintainer, please e-mail to ruby-talk-admin / ruby-lang.org ML server exists to decrease routine works by maintainers. Please try to use server functions as could as possible. ruby-talk / ruby-lang.org Maintainer ruby-talk-admin / ruby-lang.org