On Fri, 10 Aug 2001, Joseph McDonald wrote:
> DAB> I find them useful, and I always find it exasperating when Micros**t
> DAB> plays a determining role in anything....  But this threading problem
> DAB> has been brought up a lot in the past and is still causing
> DAB> inconvenience, so it seems like something has to be done.
> You *know* what has to happen don't you?  Someone has to write the
> kickin' newsreader in ruby using a cross-platform GUI (such as FOX),
> and then if any ruby-ite complains, just point them to that killer app.

Better yet, separate the model from the view, so that you can slap the GUI
you want, or no GUI at all, and/or scripting interface for free.

And write the model first.

And write the protocol layer (Ruby NNTP ?) before that.

matju