Declarative Real Time Programming NOW!

(Mon Oct 23, 2006) [/Tools] #

It took barely 30 minutes into RubyConf before everyone knew about Erlang. Never underestimate the power of a screencast. Except 'screencast' wasn't even a word in 1993, so they just made a video instead. Little did they know that a room full of Rubyists would have thoroughly enjoyed it in 2006.

The 12-minute Erlang video is a must see! And yes, despite the obvious humor, this is serious stuff, folks. But enjoy the humor nonetheless...

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Overheard at RubyConf

(Mon Oct 23, 2006) [/Ruby] #

Herewith, a sparse collection of completely out of context and unattributed quotes I overheard at RubyConf this weekend. Names aren't attached either because I didn't know the person's name or I felt the accuracy of the quote was sketchy. Corrections and additions welcome.

"They're flipping one of the ladies rooms into a mens room for us"

"We decided Ruby wasn't niche enough (queue Erlang movie)"

"I'm not Matz"

"Rubinius has evil built in"

"I hope your minds are sufficiently blown"

"It's ugly, we'll fix it"

"First come, first served, but not right now"

"No cussing; that's so 2005"

"Can you write that code, please?"

"But seriously, who doesn't have this book? (holds up AWDWR book)"

"How many people here understand Unicode (hands go up) to a fairly deep level? (hands go down)"

"YARV will find you a new girl friend"

"We have room for the next 3 alien races in the Unicode plane"

"As with most Java APIs, things aren't necessarily built for comfort"

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