Pond Jumpers

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In this episode, I mention some news items about Jython, Ruby, and Rails. Then I get into a generalized discussion about the value of dynamic languages and how some people’s tendency to dismiss them is really a form of premature optimization.

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• All writings and recordings produced by Pond Jumpers are published through a Creative Commons attribution/non-commercial/share alike license and copyrighted by Greg Turnquist (twitter) and Russ Miles (twitter).
• The content of this podcast and website does not represent any of the companies mentioned nor their opinions.
• The intro and exit music is the upbeat rock song “Sweet Ramona” and purchased from opuzz.com, the site for royalty free production music.

The podcast that inspired me to launch this one, The Java Posse, mentioned us during the listener feedback around 1:04 (one hour:4 minutes) into Episode 262. Go and tune in. And by the way, the rest of their material is really awesome as well.

We are currently putting together a podcast, jam packed with open source news and interviews amongst top OS tech leaders! We are also getting this website configured as well. Stay tuned!