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**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-subject/116740>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [October 9, 2007, 7:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-subject/116740 "2007-10-09T07:42:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![john\_old](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9f8e36/32.png) [@john\_old](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/john_old)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 7:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-subject/116740/1 "2007-10-09T07:42:54Z")

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Check this out. An interesting example of Ruby in use.  
Data visualization.

[http://www.fudgie.org/](http://www.fudgie.org/)

It’s already stirred up a hornet’s nest on slashdot with plenty of  
juvenile comments (some accurate) and lots nay sayers who don’t see  
the potential for creativity in Ruby and data visualization  
illustrated here.

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**Author:** ![john\_old](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9f8e36/32.png) [@john\_old](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/john_old)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 11:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-subject/116740/2 "2007-10-09T23:23:28Z")

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On Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 02:42:05PM +0900, John J. wrote:

> Check this out. An interesting example of Ruby in use.  
> Data visualization.
> 
> [http://www.fudgie.org/](http://www.fudgie.org/)
> 
> It’s already stirred up a hornet’s nest on slashdot with plenty of  
> juvenile comments (some accurate) and lots nay sayers who don’t see  
> the potential for creativity in Ruby and data visualization  
> illustrated here.

Holy cow, it’s too much fun to watch this program work. . . .