When can one call themselves a “Rubyist”?

Ruby
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I was wondering what that term even meant. Is it something to do with
one’s amount of knowledge about the Ruby language or just the plain idea
of using it. When can one call themselves a “Rubyist”? And would you
consider yourself one?

Regards.

Thanks.

P.S. Also asked at programmers.stackexchange.com however quickly closed
(as not constructive). I’m new to these forums so I’m not sure if my
kind of question is appropriate.

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I think a Rubyist is just anyone who writes in Ruby. Reading anything
further into it is a matter of personal opinion.

3

I remember reading this on a blog somewhere, but the stages of rubyism
was
described as something like below(or at least what my sketchy memory
remembers):

1)Helloist
2)Shooting self in the foot
3)Shooting self in the eye
4)Wondering if they are a rubyist
5)Shooting self in the foot
6)Shooting self in the eye
7)What is Ruby? This is just how I think.

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On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 5:21 PM, Ricky Ng [email protected] wrote:

7)What is Ruby? This is just how I think.

–
Incoherently,
Ricky Ng

Way back in the day, Perl folks had an apprentice piece, called a
“JAPH” – for “Just Another Perl Hack(er)”. You came up with an
as-yet-unseen method of emitting the words “Just Another Perl Hacker”.
There may still be JAPHs on the net someplace.

Any such kata for Ruby coders?

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Welcome to the wonderful world of Ruby!

On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 10:37 PM, Rafal C. [email protected]
wrote:

I was wondering what that term even meant. Is it something to do with
one’s amount of knowledge about the Ruby language or just the plain idea
of using it. When can one call themselves a “Rubyist”? And would you
consider yourself one?

There is a secret fraternity of Ruby programmers. Once a year they
meet in a dark room in the back of a Ruby conference and the high
priest of the fraternity will appoint all novices Rubyist who dare
apply, are able to program a method using a block free of bugs, will
bow before the group and say three times “I am unworthy but I will try
my best to worship Ruby.” It’s not known what happens to those who
fail at the attempt - nobody has ever seen one of those again…

Reality is, there are no official criteria nor are there exams you
could take to call yourself “Rubyist”. I wouldn’t worry too much
about that “title”.

P.S. Also asked at programmers.stackexchange.com however quickly closed
(as not constructive). I’m new to these forums so I’m not sure if my
kind of question is appropriate.

No worries. The Ruby community is usually quite friendly to those who
show serious interest in the language and are willing to learn
(despite some unfriendly comments recently).

Kind regards

robert

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Subject: Re: When can one call themselves a “Rubyist”?
Date: Wed 06 Mar 13 07:51:16PM +0900

Quoting Robert K. ([email protected]):

There is a secret fraternity of Ruby programmers. Once a year they
meet in a dark room in the back of a Ruby conference

The location is wrong. This happens in a Shinto temple in Japan…

:wink:

Carlo

7

Man, if you have to ask what Jazz is you’ll never understand it.

The same can be said about most programming languages. You are when you
are, no sooner and no later. Fretting over insignificant titles will do
you
no good.

8

There’s also the “Trial By Rancor”, but that’s only for those who wish
to be called Masters of Ruby.

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On 03/06/2013 11:51 AM, Robert K. wrote:

apply, are able to program a method using a block free of bugs, will
bow before the group and say three times “I am unworthy but I will try
my best to worship Ruby.” It’s not known what happens to those who
fail at the attempt - nobody has ever seen one of those again…

want to read on!!!

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On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 6:07 PM, Brandon W. [email protected]
wrote:

Man, if you have to ask what Jazz is you’ll never understand it.

+1