Hello, I just started learning Ruby.. and the book didn't lie about it.. Ruby seems to be really funny to work with. But I have a few questions about Ruby. How stable is Ruby ? In the book they said that Ruby can have some performance problems. How much is it ? Does a Ruby compiler exists ? Are there specific Ruby IDE's ? Or other tools which can speed up development ? Will Ruby be extended with it's own GUI-library ? Has Ruby already been used to develop business applications ? Thanks in advance, Best regards, Axel Vanhooren. -- e-mail : Axel(dot)Vanhooren(at)Village(dot)Uunet(dot)Be ICQ : 108061049 Site : http://itprojmngt.8m.net