Yes, it appears I am wrong about my label of "novice" from the pure verbosity point of view. Being a core contributor to anything does not imply being a good programmer. I don't know this person (and don't care, I have no ties to the Rails community). I think that dismissing the use of a runtime debugger is a novice action.
I think being a core contributor to major pieces of software does imply you are a good programmer rather than a novice, whether you know of them or use that software or not. "Pure verbosity" - Really? You want to disparage his contributions? Take it easy, man.
He doesn't "dismiss the use of a runtime debugger", he says "I don’t say this to disparage people that use a Real Debugger. I think Real Debuggers are great, I’ve just never taken the time to learn one well."
Im interested in this link between hinduism and European native beliefs. A quick google search didn't lead to anything authoritative. Do you know where more info could be found?
In theory Hinduism, Zoroastrianism, and the ancient Greek, Roman, Germanic, Celtic, Norse, etc, religions, are all descended from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_religion - however, that is so long ago, by the time we get to the historical period, they have diverged a lot, both due to their own organic development in different directions, and also due to the influence of differing non-Indo-European cultures - such as Dravidian culture in the case of Hinduism; Semitic and Sumerian cultures in the case of Zoroastrianism; Etruscan culture in the case of the Romans
