Ruby scares me. It’s not the language that strikes fear in my heart, however; it is the community.

The Reasons

1. They treat Ruby as the Messiah — there is nothing better. There is nothing else. Only Ruby.
2. Community Leader Idol Wordship — did anyone catch the (online presence) death of _why?
3. “Now we can finally get things done”. — See next question.
4. Have you ever seen Ruby code? Look at below.
5. See Reason # 4.

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def remember(&a_block)
  @block = a_block
end
 
remember {|name| puts "Hello, #{name}!"}
 
@block.call("Jon")
# => "Hello, Jon!"

Can you really tell me, with a degree of certainty, what that’s supposed to do?

Please, just shoot me now.