Why Ruby?
There’s a contest at ‘On Ruby’ to write the best article about how Ruby has made you a better developer. Though I consider it to be way to self-congratulatory for its own good — approaching the sort of fanboyism that puts Ruby developers in the same category as religious zealots — do feel an obligation to admit that Ruby really has made me a better programmer.
Rather than ramble on about PHP, Javascript and the way I used to code, let me just explain why I think I’m a better developer because of Ruby like so: Ruby rewards me for doing things the way I ought to do them, and once I’ve done things the right way it is very difficult for me to slip back into my old habits regardless of language.
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