One of the things that I always appreciated about the ‘old Ruby community’ was the incredible level of kindness that was exhibited by most posters. MINSWAN (Matz is nice, so we are nice) was the order of the day. As the community has grown, some of that feeling has fallen by the wayside.
Recently though, I saw a wonderful return to ‘the way things used to be’. Since Zed blasted it, it seems to be in vogue to carp about The Pick-Axe book
I think it’s great that we now have books that suit different people. I’d encourage everyone who wants to get a Ruby book to check out David’s book (and hopefully the PickAxe too). My hope is that the variety of books will simply encourage more people to start using Ruby.
Thanks Dave, for a great example of how we can be nice, just like Matz.
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Couldn't agree more. The community was one of the reasons I got pulled into Ruby, and it's up to those of us who care about it to uphold the original values.
Dave is still showing us the way. Let's try to follow as best we can.
MINSWAN is a marvelous concept.
http://perlbuzz.com/2008/03/linswan-an-acronym-we-can-steal-from-ruby.html
Thanks for blogging this. I saw Dave's response this morning and was also glad to see that he didn't take the bait.
It's MINASWAN, if memory serves.
"Matz is nice and so we are nice"
Nice post though.
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