redditkit 1.0.0

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  1. checksums.yaml +7 -0
  2. data/LICENSE.md +22 -0
  3. data/README.md +155 -0
  4. data/Rakefile +8 -0
  5. data/lib/redditkit.rb +26 -0
  6. data/lib/redditkit/base.rb +60 -0
  7. data/lib/redditkit/client.rb +142 -0
  8. data/lib/redditkit/client/account.rb +73 -0
  9. data/lib/redditkit/client/apps.rb +63 -0
  10. data/lib/redditkit/client/captcha.rb +36 -0
  11. data/lib/redditkit/client/comments.rb +54 -0
  12. data/lib/redditkit/client/flair.rb +148 -0
  13. data/lib/redditkit/client/links.rb +134 -0
  14. data/lib/redditkit/client/miscellaneous.rb +50 -0
  15. data/lib/redditkit/client/moderation.rb +179 -0
  16. data/lib/redditkit/client/multireddits.rb +207 -0
  17. data/lib/redditkit/client/private_messages.rb +74 -0
  18. data/lib/redditkit/client/search.rb +25 -0
  19. data/lib/redditkit/client/subreddits.rb +120 -0
  20. data/lib/redditkit/client/users.rb +109 -0
  21. data/lib/redditkit/client/utilities.rb +137 -0
  22. data/lib/redditkit/client/voting.rb +41 -0
  23. data/lib/redditkit/client/wiki.rb +83 -0
  24. data/lib/redditkit/comment.rb +54 -0
  25. data/lib/redditkit/creatable.rb +17 -0
  26. data/lib/redditkit/error.rb +111 -0
  27. data/lib/redditkit/link.rb +140 -0
  28. data/lib/redditkit/moderator_action.rb +19 -0
  29. data/lib/redditkit/multireddit.rb +32 -0
  30. data/lib/redditkit/multireddit_description.rb +14 -0
  31. data/lib/redditkit/paginated_response.rb +22 -0
  32. data/lib/redditkit/private_message.rb +27 -0
  33. data/lib/redditkit/response/parse_json.rb +29 -0
  34. data/lib/redditkit/response/raise_error.rb +21 -0
  35. data/lib/redditkit/subreddit.rb +86 -0
  36. data/lib/redditkit/thing.rb +20 -0
  37. data/lib/redditkit/user.rb +30 -0
  38. data/lib/redditkit/version.rb +19 -0
  39. data/lib/redditkit/votable.rb +37 -0
  40. data/redditkit.gemspec +25 -0
  41. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client/should_raise_an_error_with_invalid_credentials.yml +39 -0
  42. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Account/_sign_in/signs_the_user_in.yml +132 -0
  43. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Account/_update_session/updates_the_current_session.yml +133 -0
  44. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Captcha/_captcha_url/returns_a_CAPTCHA_url_from_an_identifier.yml +38 -0
  45. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Captcha/_needs_captcha_/checks_if_the_current_account_needs_a_CAPTCHA.yml +44 -0
  46. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Captcha/_new_captcha_identifier/returns_a_new_CAPTCHA_identifier.yml +38 -0
  47. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Comments/_comment/requests_the_correct_resource.yml +47 -0
  48. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Comments/_comments/with_a_RedditKit_Link/returns_comments_on_a_link.yml +140 -0
  49. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Comments/_comments/with_a_link_identifier/returns_comments_on_a_link.yml +89 -0
  50. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Comments/_submit_comment/requests_the_correct_resource.yml +313 -0
  51. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Flair/_apply_flair_template/clears_flair_templates.yml +52 -0
  52. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Flair/_clear_flair_templates/clears_flair_templates.yml +49 -0
  53. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Flair/_create_flair_template/creates_a_flair_template.yml +46 -0
  54. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Flair/_create_flair_template/raises_InvalidClassName.yml +46 -0
  55. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Flair/_create_flair_template/raises_TooManyClassNames.yml +47 -0
  56. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Flair/_delete_user_flair/requests_the_correct_resource.yml +60 -0
  57. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Flair/_flair_list/returns_the_list_of_flair.yml +44 -0
  58. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Flair/_set_flair/requests_the_correct_resource.yml +49 -0
  59. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Flair/_set_flair_options/sets_flair_options.yml +49 -0
  60. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Flair/_set_flair_with_csv/requests_the_correct_resource.yml +51 -0
  61. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Flair/_toggle_flair/requests_the_correct_resource.yml +49 -0
  62. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Links/_front_page/requests_the_correct_category.yml +498 -0
  63. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Links/_front_page/requests_the_correct_resource.yml +603 -0
  64. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Links/_hide/requests_the_correct_resource.yml +46 -0
  65. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Links/_link/returns_a_link.yml +55 -0
  66. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Links/_links/contains_pagination_information.yml +402 -0
  67. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Links/_links/requests_a_certain_number_of_links.yml +186 -0
  68. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Links/_links/requests_front_page_links_if_no_subreddit_is_present.yml +603 -0
  69. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Links/_links/requests_links_with_the_correct_time_frame.yml +375 -0
  70. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Links/_links/requests_the_correct_subreddit_and_category.yml +402 -0
  71. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Links/_links_with_domain/returns_links_with_a_specific_domain.yml +99 -0
  72. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Links/_mark_nsfw/requests_the_correct_resource.yml +46 -0
  73. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Links/_random_link/returns_a_random_link.yml +91 -0
  74. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Links/_submit/raises_RedditKit_InvalidCaptcha_if_no_CAPTCHA_is_filled_out.yml +54 -0
  75. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Links/_unhide/requests_the_correct_resource.yml +46 -0
  76. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Links/_unmark_nsfw/requests_the_correct_resource.yml +46 -0
  77. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Miscellaneous/_delete/requests_the_correct_resource.yml +46 -0
  78. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Miscellaneous/_edit/requests_the_correct_resource.yml +52 -0
  79. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Miscellaneous/_save/saves_an_object.yml +46 -0
  80. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Miscellaneous/_unsave/unsaves_an_object.yml +89 -0
  81. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Moderation/_accept_moderator_invitation/requests_the_correct_resource.yml +53 -0
  82. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Moderation/_ban/requests_the_correct_resource.yml +103 -0
  83. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Moderation/_contributors_to_subreddit/requests_the_correct_resource.yml +47 -0
  84. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Moderation/_ignore_reports/requests_the_correct_resource.yml +46 -0
  85. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Moderation/_moderation_log/returns_RedditKit_ModeratorAction_objects.yml +153 -0
  86. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Moderation/_moderators_of_subreddit/requests_the_correct_resource.yml +48 -0
  87. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Moderation/_reset_subreddit_header/requests_the_correct_resource.yml +55 -0
  88. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Moderation/_set_contest_mode/requests_the_correct_resource.yml +46 -0
  89. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Moderation/_set_sticky_post/requests_the_correct_resource.yml +46 -0
  90. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Moderation/_unban/requests_the_correct_resource.yml +54 -0
  91. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Moderation/_unignore_reports/requests_the_correct_resource.yml +46 -0
  92. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Multireddits/_add_subreddit_to_multireddit/adds_a_subreddit_to_a_multireddit.yml +177 -0
  93. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Multireddits/_create_multireddit/creates_a_multireddit.yml +137 -0
  94. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Multireddits/_create_multireddit/raises_RedditKit_Conflict_when_using_an_existing_name.yml +133 -0
  95. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Multireddits/_delete_multireddit/deletes_a_multireddit.yml +134 -0
  96. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Multireddits/_multireddit/with_a_path/returns_a_multireddit.yml +39 -0
  97. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Multireddits/_multireddit/without_a_path/returns_a_multireddit.yml +39 -0
  98. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Multireddits/_multireddit_description/with_a_multireddit/returns_a_multireddit_description.yml +81 -0
  99. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Multireddits/_multireddit_description/with_a_username_and_multireddit_name/returns_a_multireddit_description.yml +45 -0
  100. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Multireddits/_my_multireddits/return_s_the_user_s_multireddits.yml +47 -0
  101. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Multireddits/_remove_subreddit_from_multireddit/removes_a_subreddit_from_a_multireddit.yml +175 -0
  102. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Multireddits/_rename_multireddit/renames_a_multireddit.yml +134 -0
  103. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Multireddits/_set_multireddit_description/returns_a_multireddit_description.yml +48 -0
  104. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Multireddits/_update_multireddit/updates_a_multireddit.yml +184 -0
  105. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_PrivateMessages/_block_author_of_message/requests_the_correct_resource.yml +46 -0
  106. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_PrivateMessages/_mark_as_read/requests_the_correct_resource.yml +51 -0
  107. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_PrivateMessages/_mark_as_unread/requests_the_correct_resource.yml +51 -0
  108. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_PrivateMessages/_messages/requests_the_correct_resource.yml +187 -0
  109. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_PrivateMessages/_unblock/requests_the_correct_resource.yml +46 -0
  110. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Search/_search/restricts_searches_to_a_specific_subreddit.yml +878 -0
  111. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Search/_search/returns_a_specific_number_of_results.yml +130 -0
  112. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Search/_search/returns_search_results.yml +844 -0
  113. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Subreddits/_random_subreddit/returns_a_random_subreddit.yml +181 -0
  114. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Subreddits/_recommended_subreddits/returns_subreddit_names.yml +37 -0
  115. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Subreddits/_search_subreddits_by_name/returns_subreddit_names.yml +875 -0
  116. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Subreddits/_subreddit/returns_a_specified_subreddit.yml +100 -0
  117. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Subreddits/_subreddits/returns_a_specified_number_of_subreddits.yml +505 -0
  118. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Subreddits/_subreddits/returns_subreddits_from_a_specific_category.yml +510 -0
  119. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Subreddits/_subreddits_by_topic/returns_subreddit_names.yml +41 -0
  120. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Subreddits/_subscribe/requests_the_correct_resource.yml +46 -0
  121. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Subreddits/_subscribed_subreddits/returns_a_specified_number_of_subreddits.yml +415 -0
  122. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Subreddits/_subscribed_subreddits/returns_subreddits_from_a_specific_category.yml +58 -0
  123. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Subreddits/_subscribed_subreddits/returns_the_user_s_subscribed_subreddits.yml +3469 -0
  124. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Subreddits/_unsubscribe/requests_the_correct_resource.yml +46 -0
  125. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Users/_friends/returns_the_user_s_friends.yml +48 -0
  126. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Users/_my_content/returns_the_user_s_content.yml +60 -0
  127. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Users/_user/requests_the_correct_resource.yml +48 -0
  128. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Users/_user/returns_a_specified_user.yml +48 -0
  129. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Users/_user/returns_the_authenticated_user.yml +48 -0
  130. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Users/_user_content/returns_the_user_s_content.yml +41 -0
  131. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Users/_username_available_/returns_false_for_an_unavailable_username.yml +36 -0
  132. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Users/_username_available_/returns_true_for_an_available_username.yml +36 -0
  133. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Voting/_downvote/with_a_comment_full_name_passed/downvotes_the_comment.yml +100 -0
  134. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Voting/_downvote/with_a_comment_passed/downvotes_the_comment.yml +154 -0
  135. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Voting/_downvote/with_a_link_full_name_passed/downvotes_the_link.yml +106 -0
  136. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Voting/_downvote/with_a_link_passed/downvotes_the_link.yml +166 -0
  137. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Voting/_upvote/with_a_comment_full_name_passed/upvotes_the_comment.yml +100 -0
  138. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Voting/_upvote/with_a_comment_passed/upvotes_the_comment.yml +154 -0
  139. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Voting/_upvote/with_a_link_full_name_passed/upvotes_the_link.yml +106 -0
  140. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Voting/_upvote/with_a_link_passed/upvotes_the_link.yml +166 -0
  141. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Voting/_withdraw_vote/with_a_comment_full_name_passed/withdraws_the_vote_on_the_comment.yml +154 -0
  142. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Voting/_withdraw_vote/with_a_comment_passed/withdraws_the_vote_on_the_comment.yml +208 -0
  143. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Voting/_withdraw_vote/with_a_link_full_name_passed/withdraws_the_vote_on_the_link.yml +166 -0
  144. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Voting/_withdraw_vote/with_a_link_passed/withdraws_the_vote_on_the_link.yml +226 -0
  145. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Wiki/_add_wiki_editor/requests_the_correct_resource.yml +46 -0
  146. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Wiki/_edit_wiki_page/requests_the_correct_resource.yml +48 -0
  147. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Wiki/_hide_wiki_revision/requests_the_correct_resource.yml +46 -0
  148. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Wiki/_remove_wiki_editor/requests_the_correct_resource.yml +46 -0
  149. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Client_Wiki/_revert_to_revision/requests_the_correct_resource.yml +46 -0
  150. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Comment/should_not_be_deleted_if_neither_author_and_comment_attributes_are_set_to_deleted_.yml +90 -0
  151. data/spec/cassettes/RedditKit_Comment/should_return_replies.yml +90 -0
  152. data/spec/cassettes/authenticated_client.yml +87 -0
  153. data/spec/redditkit/base_spec.rb +45 -0
  154. data/spec/redditkit/client/account_spec.rb +50 -0
  155. data/spec/redditkit/client/apps_spec.rb +58 -0
  156. data/spec/redditkit/client/captcha_spec.rb +30 -0
  157. data/spec/redditkit/client/comments_spec.rb +40 -0
  158. data/spec/redditkit/client/flair_spec.rb +92 -0
  159. data/spec/redditkit/client/links_spec.rb +103 -0
  160. data/spec/redditkit/client/miscellaneous_spec.rb +40 -0
  161. data/spec/redditkit/client/moderation_spec.rb +141 -0
  162. data/spec/redditkit/client/multireddits_spec.rb +158 -0
  163. data/spec/redditkit/client/private_messages_spec.rb +51 -0
  164. data/spec/redditkit/client/search_spec.rb +25 -0
  165. data/spec/redditkit/client/subreddits_spec.rb +83 -0
  166. data/spec/redditkit/client/users_spec.rb +92 -0
  167. data/spec/redditkit/client/voting_spec.rb +99 -0
  168. data/spec/redditkit/client/wiki_spec.rb +40 -0
  169. data/spec/redditkit/client_spec.rb +46 -0
  170. data/spec/redditkit/comment_spec.rb +26 -0
  171. data/spec/redditkit/creatable_spec.rb +24 -0
  172. data/spec/redditkit/error_spec.rb +61 -0
  173. data/spec/redditkit/link_spec.rb +33 -0
  174. data/spec/redditkit/multireddit_spec.rb +27 -0
  175. data/spec/redditkit/paginated_response_spec.rb +23 -0
  176. data/spec/redditkit/thing_spec.rb +18 -0
  177. data/spec/redditkit/votable_spec.rb +52 -0
  178. data/spec/redditkit_spec.rb +21 -0
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+ programmers who are much more advanced than I am. </p>\\n\\n<p>So
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+ SC_ON -->\", \"selftext\": \"I was going through github, and I came across
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+ clunky and not at all as elegant as this programmer. \\n \\nAnd now I
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+ similar they are. However if anyone has made the switch and knows what a good
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+ \"author_flair_text\": null, \"title\": \"I am a python programmer who needs
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+ \"name\": \"t3_1kylfv\", \"created\": 1377289503.0, \"url\": \"http://www.reddit.com/r/ruby/comments/1kylfv/what_are_some_good_projects_to_do_with_ruby_to/\",
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+ \"author_flair_text\": null, \"title\": \"What are some good projects to do
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+ you for any help you guys can offer.</p>\\n</div><!-- SC_ON
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+ -->\", \"selftext\": \"I can't d/l XCode due to my version of OSX. RVM
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+ \"selftext_html\": \"<!-- SC_OFF --><div class=\\\"md\\\"><p>I
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+ fundamentally do not understand the perspective many Rubyists have. I am not
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+ saying it anything is bad, I am saying <em>I do not understand</em>.
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+ I just have a different perspective. I don't understand why pragmatic
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+ people who don't seem to be early adopters are leaving a good tool
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+ for tools that should only appeal to early adopters.</p>\\n\\n<p>Please,
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+ let me explain my perspective. I have been working primarily with C++ the
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+ past 15, during that time I have dabbled with Java, PHP, Lua, Perl, Pascal,
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+ HTML/CSS, a couple kinds of assembly, C#/VB, others I wish I could forget
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+ and of course plain old C. I keep going back to C++ because I have a strong
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+ proficiency with it. I have the feeling I can make it do anything. I have
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+ made it solve some interesting problems. There are other reasons too, but
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+ this seems like enough to convey where I am coming from. I invested real time
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+ and effort gaining that proficiency, so I will use C++ when practical an invest
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+ more time learning something else when C++ is not practical.</p>\\n\\n<p>I
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+ replacement for Ruby. I understand that the two newer systems provide interesting
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+ interactions with threading systems. That does not seem like a reason to dump
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+ a whole language, a language with multiple independent healthy implementations
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+ (jRuby, Rubunius, Maglev, etc...), particularly when some of them have fixed
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+ threading performance. </p>\\n\\n<p>Or maybe I am missing the
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+ point, maybe this is just about jumping to some popular new toy now that us
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+ old fogeys are onto Ruby? Of course not, all the people I read about in blogs
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+ and watch in talks at the countless Ruby conferences seem like pragmatic people
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+ interested in getting stuff done. Ruby seems like an excellent tool for getting
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+ stuff done. It is extremely easy to express complex ideas quickly. It has
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+ an excellent system for handling libraries. It has access to awesome performance
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+ via its C-API. If C is not your thing, It is mature enough that it is getting
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+ performance optimizations with every new release (of MRI/Yarv at least). These
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+ people invested significant time and effort learning Ruby, will their pragmatism
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