Hey, Hal, just for clarification: is Ruby.shop officially “open for
business” now? I notice that on the main page
(http://cafeshops.com/mathomhouse/6101) it still has the disclaimer
“[under construction]”.
I especially like the “Large Kanji Ruby T-Shirt” and will probably order
one if things are up and running. Now, you promise that Matz or some
other native Japanese speaker has confirmed that the Kanji is correct
and isn’t some kind of profanity, right?
It’s a pity the PragProgs were enlightened after writing that book:
there’s no reference to Ruby on it IIRC (I don’t know how to do ‘grep’
on a dead-tree medium :-P)
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On Sat, Jul 12, 2003 at 12:02:53AM +0900, Austin Ziegler wrote:
On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 15:22:57 +0900, Hal E. Fulton wrote:
I do hope the street_cred bit is true. It’s my
perception that Ruby is gaining in popularity,
but someone told me a few days ago that Ruby
was “dead in the water.” I raised my eyebrow
and expressed the opposite opinion, of course.
I have been through a series of interviews recently – people who
have finally gotten around to reading The Pragmatic Programmer –
and have had my Rubyist status received positively.
