They're mostly scientists, so I think C, C++, and Fortran are mostly what they're used to. I'd like to see that demo, though. Thanks, Emil On Wed, 25 Jul 2001, Dave Thomas wrote: > Emil Ong <onge / mcs.anl.gov> writes: > > > I'm giving an introduction to Ruby at work tomorrow and I'm looking for > > some demos to give. What can I show that will really impress > > people? What I'd like to do is show something visual and then show the > > incredibly simple and clear code for it. :) Are there any Ruby > > applications out there with real 'sex-appeal'? > > Are they Java programmers? If so, I've got a distributed stock-ticker > demo using DRb and Observer that lets multiple clients watch for limit > values in a stock price. Not pretty visuals, but compared to the RMI > or CORBA equivalent it's staggeringly easy. > > > Dave >