# Secrets of lightweight development success

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/secrets-of-lightweight-development-success/64775>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [August 15, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/secrets-of-lightweight-development-success/64775 "2006-08-15T14:18:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![zoat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/f475e1/32.png) [@zoat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zoat)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/secrets-of-lightweight-development-success/64775/1 "2006-08-15T14:18:48Z")

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“The Java? programming language is powerful, but it has significant  
limitations for lightweight development. For certain problems, other  
programming languages such as Ruby may lead to better productivity.  
Find out what’s important for productivity in an application’s  
language.” Bruce Tate, President, J2Life, LLC  
[http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/os-lightweight7/index.html](http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/os-lightweight7/index.html)