"Steve Merrick" <Steve.Merrick / anti-spam.Marconi.com> wrote in message news:<ac2p1t$11c$1 / newsfeed.pit.comms.marconi.com>... > "Patrick May" <patrick-may / monmouth.com> wrote in message > news:3b3ad3b4.0205162128.33c846b6 / posting.google.com... > > > What kind of problems do you normally solve while programming? Maybe > > we could point you to resources in that domain... > > Thank you! :-) I normally work in a real-time embedded > (telecommunications) environment (C++/OO/UML developed under Windows NT > for various targets). This isn't anywhere near my domain. Would RHDL http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/34352 apply to anything you're working on? > Occasionally, I dabble with utility software, or > GUI front-ends for test software. [Given the current global downturn in > telecomms, this environment may change very soon!] Ruby works well for build script / utility type things. ~ Patrick