On 5/5/06, Eli Bendersky <eliben / gmail.com> wrote:
> Coming from Perl, what I miss in Ruby the most is (surprise !) not CPAN,
> but rather the community at Perlmonks (http://perlmonks.org).
>
> [snip]
>
> I truly feel that a single place for the community is very important.
> Ruby has a big potential for such a community because it's a fun
> language. People who code in Ruby really enjoy coding, and enjoy
> discussing it. I just know that a more cohesive place for the community
> to "meet" online would make Ruby and even more enjoyable experience.
> Surely I'm not the only one who feels this way ?

Ok, ok. I've heard enough... You're hired! :)

My suggestion (for anyone reading this who might like to embark on
such a project) is to look at what software is available, then decide
if you'd like to use one of those choices or else if you'd rather roll
your own. After you've got something running locally that you're happy
with, find someone who can host it live (you might ask here, when
you're ready to go live).

Note though, that anyone can put up a customized phpBB. But to get
people to use it, and to measure up to the mighty perlmonks, you'll
very probably need something more than that.