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.