Sorry if this is old news or has been covered before.
There’s a post on Mark Bernstein’s web log that he is learning Ruby:
“Do you use Ruby and MacOS X? If so, I’d love to know: do you prefer to use
ProjectBuilder, or
BBEdit, or something else? Email me (bernstein@eastgate.com), please.”
http://markbernstein.org/Jun0301.html#note_34903
( Mark is Chief Scientist at Eastgate Systems, Inc
…http://www.eastgate.com/FAQ.html
Don’t recall if he’s active on this list , though.)
James