On 1/5/07, Bryan Weatherly <bryan.weatherly.ruby / gmail.com> wrote: > On 1/5/07, James Britt <james.britt / gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > What is the purpose of having these at all? > > > > > I think the primary purpose is to sell the language to a complete layman. A valid question is whether that is worthwhile or not. Of course, it's a good thing to point a layman to if said layman is a potential employer and you want to work with Ruby. That having been said, creating your own mini-success story is much more effective. So I'm not really sure how I feel on the matter.