hello.  i am new to ruby and just joined the list.  i come from 
a perl background and was hoping i could pick ruby up rather
quickly.  i heard that ruby is very popular in japan.  i plan on
moving to japan for a year or two after i graduate and was
wondering if you guys thought it would be wise to learn ruby
in order to be able to get a fresh new job.  is it really _that_
popular?  

if someone in japan wouldn't mind would you post some
urls for some good job databases in japan? i have been unable
to find any and would like to do some research before jumping
in.  

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