# The hypersonic flow of milwaukee's best - bil kleb and bill **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [August 4, 2006, 7:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-hypersonic-flow-of-milwaukees-best-bil-kleb-and-bill/101316 "2006-08-04T07:10:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 7:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-hypersonic-flow-of-milwaukees-best-bil-kleb-and-bill/101316/1 "2006-08-04T07:10:52Z")
what can i say, these guys are out of control - i hear the they have real leather seats [http://sciruby.codeforpeople.com/sr.cgi/SciRubyInterviews/BilKlebAndBillWood](http://sciruby.codeforpeople.com/sr.cgi/SciRubyInterviews/BilKlebAndBillWood) enjoy -a ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 8:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-hypersonic-flow-of-milwaukees-best-bil-kleb-and-bill/101316/2 "2006-08-04T08:17:00Z")
> Ruby is our preferred language. Ruby is better than shell scripts > for workflow control. Ruby is better than C++ or Java for data > manipulation. We also use Ruby for wrappers on third-party > software, as glue instead of applescript, and for build control. I love it. Thanks for an interesting interview link. – Brian ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 10:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-hypersonic-flow-of-milwaukees-best-bil-kleb-and-bill/101316/3 "2006-08-04T10:26:17Z")
On 8/4/06, removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > ## -a > > happiness is not something ready-made. it comes from your own actions. > > - h.h. the 14th dali lama > > And they did not even mention Python. > Well done. Robert – Deux choses sont infinies : l’univers et la bêtise humaine ; en ce qui concerne l’univers, je n’en ai pas acquis la certitude absolue. - Albert Einstein ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 3:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-hypersonic-flow-of-milwaukees-best-bil-kleb-and-bill/101316/4 "2006-08-04T15:45:20Z")
On Fri, 4 Aug 2006, Robert D. wrote: > And they did not even mention Python. > Well done. i hadn’t noticed but, now that you point it out - it is impressive! -a ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 3:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-hypersonic-flow-of-milwaukees-best-bil-kleb-and-bill/101316/5 "2006-08-04T15:57:22Z")
removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote: > On Fri, 4 Aug 2006, Robert D. wrote: > > > And they did not even mention Python. > > Well done. > > i hadn’t noticed but, now that you point it out - it is impressive! > > -a > Python? That’s a large, dangerous reptile, right? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 5:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-hypersonic-flow-of-milwaukees-best-bil-kleb-and-bill/101316/6 "2006-08-04T17:27:34Z")
Quoting removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid: > – > happiness is not something ready-made. it comes from your own actions. > > - h.h. the 14th dali lama Yeah … and nothing written in Ruby comes close to the functionality of the Moodle course management system, which is written in PHP. That’s why we need “killer apps” with defendable niches written in Ruby! ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 4:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-hypersonic-flow-of-milwaukees-best-bil-kleb-and-bill/101316/7 "2006-08-04T16:12:24Z")
On Fri, 4 Aug 2006, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote: > Python? That’s a large, dangerous reptile, right? 🙂 the irony is that sciruby is running moinmoin but, at the time i set it up, no ruby wiki came even close to the features i needed with respect to security. still, it **bothers** me to no end! 😉 -a