# Re: Bruce Eckel and Ruby **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [December 21, 2005, 5:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-bruce-eckel-and-ruby/74224 "2005-12-21T17:17:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BergerS_Daniel)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 5:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-bruce-eckel-and-ruby/74224/1 "2005-12-21T17:17:08Z")
> -----Original Message----- > From: Hal F. [[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)] > Besides, his negative attitude seems to indicate he thinks he > already _has_ tried it, or why would he be so opposed to it? Except that I don’t believe that he has tried it. Not really. I’ve watched a few presentations of his online. In one instance, about a year and a half ago, he mentioned that he briefly looked at Ruby, saw that it had $ globals and decided right there and then that it was too Perl like and went with Python, or something along those lines. [http://mindview.net/WebLog/log-0055](http://mindview.net/WebLog/log-0055) - I _think_ that’s the one, but I can’t view it at work. Sure, it’s been a year and a half since that video, but when you’ve already decided in your mind that a language sucks, it’s pretty hard to convince yourself to bother with in depth investigation. Except for reading 2nd hand information from the likes of Ian B.'s blog, I don’t believe he has spent any significant time investigating Ruby. In short, I believe he’s guilty of the very same thing he accuses Bruce Tate of, that is dismissing a language without truly investigating it. Dan