I, rjp, do solemnly offer these my responses to The Road to Ruby Survey:
0. Briefly describe yourself?
Humanoid, halfway through expected lifecycle.
1. When did you first try Ruby seriously?
1999
2. Which Ruby did you try?
1.5?
3. What led you to try Ruby?
A half-crazy hominid from Scotland who sneezed like a nuclear explosion.
4. If you were trying Ruby out of unhappiness with another language, what was it and what did you not like about it, or what about Ruby were you hoping to find different?
Perl. Kinda. Also Python. Actually, all languages. I was hoping Ruby wasn't encumbered with developmental madness and a community of zealots.
HAH.
5. How far have you gotten in your study of Ruby?
The one after third base.
6. What do you think of Ruby so far?
Meh.
7. More you want to tell us?
I once touched a ferret in a bad place.