[ale] best cross platform development evironment

[Chad Huneycutt]

puppet is written in ruby (as is chef).

- Chad

On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 6:51 PM, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer at gmail.com> wrote:
> There are some relatively big projects written in Ruby on Rails.  I
> think the entire openSUSE Build Service (OBS) is in rails, or at least
> the front end.  There are at least a couple full time developers
> advancing OBS.
>
> If you're looking to deploy a Web GUI, then RoR is definitely worth
> checking out.
>
> I'm not aware of any significant projects written in pure ruby.
>
> Greg
>
> On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 6:13 PM, Ron Frazier
> <atllinuxenthinfo at c3energy.com> wrote:
>> At the risk of sounding horribly indecisive, has anyone had any experience
>> with Ruby?  From an employment point of view, I like the languages
>> previously discussed.  However, from an intellectual point of view, Ruby
>> sounds really cool because of the power and flexibility and expressiveness
>> it's reputed to have.  I have my doubts that it could be as fast as either
>> C++, C#, or Java.  Also, it seems like getting a ruby application deployed
>> on a user's system might be a bear.
>>
>> I just decided to run out to Borders and look over some C++ and Ruby books
>> for curiosity.  I have a 33% off coupon burning a hole in my pocket,
>> expires tonight.
>>
>> I know Amazon may be cheaper, but I have to see a programming book before I
>> buy it.  So many of them are about as interesting as reading the dictionary.
>>
>> Ron
>>
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Chad M. Huneycutt