> If you have not yet read them, you also might find the following to be > better and more useful answers to your questions: > > 37 Reasons I Love Ruby, by Hal Fulton: > http://www.hypermetrics.com/ruby37.html Thanks for referencing this, Dennis... I'll add a disclaimer that this list is pretty old. If I were writing it from scratch today, I might write it differently. I still stand by the essence of what I wrote, but I don't think it captures the beauty of Ruby. Cheers, Hal