# Re: Taking the bull by its horns

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-taking-the-bull-by-its-horns/109772>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [July 18, 2007, 11:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-taking-the-bull-by-its-horns/109772 "2007-07-18T23:30:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![daveamos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/a698b9/32.png) [@daveamos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/daveamos)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 11:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-taking-the-bull-by-its-horns/109772/1 "2007-07-18T23:30:46Z")

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I’m regrettably a little late to this list… but dblack slapped me  
in the back of the head (figuratively)… so here I am.

So, this is me:

male 42y  
bg: BASIC,Assembly(Z80, 6502, 6800, 8088),FORTRAN,Pascal,C,C+  
+,Smalltalk,Emacs Lisp,Common Lisp,Scheme,sh,Java,C#.  
wk: Freelance Developer specializing in Ruby/Rails, Agile/TDD/BDD guru  
location: Greenwich, Nova Scotia, Canada

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**Author:** ![daveamos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/a698b9/32.png) [@daveamos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/daveamos)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 11:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-taking-the-bull-by-its-horns/109772/2 "2007-07-18T23:48:47Z")

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On 7/18/07, Dave A. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

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Wow I gotta find some time to redo my stats tomorrow, cause I got  
Matz, David, James and now Dave.  
I have never seen you posting on this list but I am quite honored to  
read from you, funnily you are the only person on this list I have  
ever seen (an old Google rspec podcast, cool stuff).  
And no, I am not asking for photos of anybody, the age, location,  
business and background stuff is very interesting already :).

Cheers  
Robert

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**Author:** ![daveamos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/a698b9/32.png) [@daveamos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/daveamos)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2007, 12:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-taking-the-bull-by-its-horns/109772/3 "2007-07-19T00:47:51Z")

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On 18-Jul-07, at 6:47 PM, Robert D. wrote:

> On 7/18/07, Dave A. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:
> 
> > I’m regrettably a little late to this list… but dblack slapped me  
> > in the back of the head (figuratively)… so here I am.
> 
> I have never seen you posting on this list but I am quite honored to  
> read from you

Mostly because I never got around to signing up until today ☹

I’m making a point of getting more active in the ruby as well as  
rails communities.

> , funnily you are the only person on this list I have  
> ever seen (an old Google rspec podcast, cool stuff).

Glad you enjoyed it

Dave

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**Author:** ![daveamos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/a698b9/32.png) [@daveamos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/daveamos)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2007, 1:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-taking-the-bull-by-its-horns/109772/4 "2007-07-19T01:11:53Z")

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Dave A. wrote the following on 19.07.2007 00:46 :

> > , funnily you are the only person on this list I have  
> > ever seen (an old Google rspec podcast, cool stuff).
> 
> Glad you enjoyed it
> 
> Dave

If it is “Beyond Test Driven Development: Behaviour Driven Development”  
lets just say that I agree wholeheartedly and recommend it to anyone  
curious about BDD.  
You did a great job describing and making clear the distractions coming  
from classic TDD tools that I only felt intuitively.

Welcome to the list 🙂

Lionel.

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**Author:** ![daveamos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/a698b9/32.png) [@daveamos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/daveamos)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2007, 1:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-taking-the-bull-by-its-horns/109772/5 "2007-07-19T01:28:55Z")

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On 18-Jul-07, at 8:11 PM, Lionel B. wrote:

> Dave A. wrote the following on 19.07.2007 00:46 :
> 
> > > , funnily you are the only person on this list I have ever seen  
> > > (an old Google rspec podcast, cool stuff).
> > 
> > Glad you enjoyed it

> If it is “Beyond Test Driven Development: Behaviour Driven  
> Development” lets just say that I agree wholeheartedly and  
> recommend it to anyone curious about BDD.  
> You did a great job describing and making clear the distractions  
> coming from classic TDD tools that I only felt intuitively.

That’s the one. and thanks.

> Welcome to the list 🙂

I’m looking forward to it.

Dave