On Sunday 08 July 2001 17:40, Tobias Reif wrote: > Interesting... > one guy writes: > http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=01/07/08/1955209&cid=58 > "I think that a lot of people feel a bit nervous to start a big > programming project that will go through all the stages of development, > right through to maintainance for two to five years, when the language > used is not standardised." > > I thought about that too; what about Ruby being a standard? > > http://www.ecma.ch/ ? > > Tobi > > jweirich / one.net schrieb: > > Ruby is currently mentioned on Slashdot. What about people in business getting clued? The hypothetical project, as described, is doomed to failure before it even gets off the ground. Anotehr example of the inherent failure in the top down command and conrol methodology. Ruby is not made for such silliness. Regards, Kent Starr elderburn / mindspring.com