Don't take it *too* seriously. All point weights are strictly
my opinion and are subject to change.

Version 1.0 follows... cut, paste, run. Or just cut and run.

Cheers,
Hal

def add(n)
   @sum += n
   puts "#{n} points  (#{@sum} total)"
   puts
end

def yorn
   print "(y/n): "
   ch = gets.chomp
   ch=='y' ? 1 : 0
end

@sum = 0

puts
puts "First, three background geek questions:"
puts

puts "How many degrees in computer science do you have?"
deg = gets.to_i
add(deg*4)

puts "In what year did your write your FIRST program in any language?"
fp = gets.to_i
div4 = ((Time.now.year - fp)/4.0).ceil
add(div4*1)

puts "How many years have you worked in a software-related job?"
yrs = gets.to_i
div4 = (yrs/4.0).ceil
add(div4*1)

puts "\n----------------------"
puts "And now the Ruby stuff:"
puts

puts "In what year did you start using Ruby? (4 digits)"
yr = gets.to_i
partial = Time.now.year - yr
add(partial*2)

puts "In what year did you start reading the list or newsgroup? (4 digits)"
yr = gets.to_i
partial = Time.now.year - yr
add(partial*4)

puts "How many (non-vaporware) entries do you have in RAA and/or Rubyforge?"
raa = gets.to_i
add(raa*1)

puts "How many Ruby conferences have you assisted in organizing? (US or other)"
conf = gets.to_i
add(conf*6)

puts "Have you assisted in forming a local user's group?"
local = yorn
add(local*2)

puts "At how many Ruby conferences have you made presentations?"
conf = gets.to_i
add(conf*6)

puts "How many Ruby conferences have you attended?"
conf = gets.to_i
add(conf*4)

puts "Now, some book questions."
puts "Translations and newer editions count separately..."
puts

puts "How many Ruby books list you as an author?"
book = gets.to_i
add(book*6)

puts "How many (other) Ruby books have you contributed to?"
book = gets.to_i
add(book*4)

puts "How many (other) Ruby books mention your name?"
book = gets.to_i
add(book*2)

puts "How many unique Ruby books do you own?"
books = gets.to_i
add(books*1)

puts "Do you own a domain name (with content) including the word 'ruby'?"
dom = yorn
add(dom*2)

puts "Approximately how many packages of yours are now in the core or stdlib?"
core = gets.to_i
add(core*1)

puts "Is your name Yukihiro Matsumoto?"
matz = yorn
add(matz*10)

puts "Is your name Dave Thomas or Guy Decoux?"
dave = yorn
add(dave*6)

puts "Is your name: Nobu Nokada, Shugo Maeda, or Minero Aoki?"
nobu = yorn
add(nobu*4)

puts "Do you know any Japanese?"
japan = yorn
add(japan*2)

puts "Is Japanese your first language?"
japan = yorn
add(japan*3)

puts "Have you ever written Ruby for pay?"
pay = yorn
add(pay*10)

puts "Estimate your total lines of Ruby code written."
loc = (gets.to_i/5000.0).ceil
add(loc*1)

puts "How many Ruby presentations have you made (outside RubyConf)?"
nconf = gets.to_i
add(nconf*4)

puts "How many of your Ruby packages have been downloaded >500 times?"
over500 = gets.to_i
add(over500*3)

puts "Ever had an RCR accepted?"
rcr = yorn
add(rcr*5)

"That's all... your Ruby Geek status is measured at 535.
Have a great day, and keep coding!"

Well Hal, you certainly helped me fill out my list of, "I should do  
that!"s...

James Britt

--

In message "Re: What's your Ruby Number?  (self.to_i)"
    on Tue, 25 Oct 2005 11:20:28 +0900, Hal Fulton <hal9...@hypermetrics.com> writes:

|I offer this in the spirit of the old "purity test" and the
|"nerdity test" that was derived therefrom.
|
|Don't take it *too* seriously. All point weights are strictly
|my opinion and are subject to change.

|Version 1.0 follows... cut, paste, run. Or just cut and run.

It gave me 500 Ruby Number.

Shannon

James, 124

--

At Tue, 25 Oct 2005 11:20:28 +0900,
Hal Fulton wrote in [ruby-talk:162393]:

On 10/25/05, Robert Klemme <bob.n...@gmx.net> wrote:

--
http://www.braveworld.net/riva

~ 1 year or ruby dabling

But that was skewed by the 120 pts
I got for the Ruby presentations I have made outside Rubyconf.
And the 100,000 LOC didn't help that much either. Maybe should
have made it 500,000.

If you are matz, you have a Ruby number of 0.

If you've contributed patches to code written by matz, you have a Ruby
number of 1.

If you've worked on code with someone who has a Ruby number of 1, you
have a Ruby number of 2, and so on.

<URL:http://www.oakland.edu/enp/>

Probably too young, ;-)

=== start
require 'yaml'

@sum = 0
if File.exist?('ruby_number.yml')
File.open('ruby_number.yml') do |f|
@answers = YAML::load(f)
end
end
@answers ||= {}

def question(name)
@current = name
yield
end

def answer
puts "(Previous answer: #{@answers[@current]})" if @answers[@current]
reply = gets.chomp
@answers[@current] = reply if reply.length > 0
@answers[@current]
end

def add(n)
@sum += n
@answers[:total] = @sum
puts "#{n} points (#{@sum} total)"
puts
end

def yorn
print "(y/n): "
ch = answer
ch=='y' ? 1 : 0
end

puts
puts "First, three background geek questions:"
puts

question :compsci_degrees do
puts "How many degrees in computer science do you have?"
deg = answer.to_i
add(deg*4)
end

question :first_program_year do
puts "In what year did your write your FIRST program in any language?"
fp = answer.to_i
div4 = ((Time.now.year - fp)/4.0).ceil
add(div4*1)
end

question :software_job_years do
puts "How many years have you worked in a software-related job?"
yrs = answer.to_i
div4 = (yrs/4.0).ceil
add(div4*1)
end

puts "\n----------------------"
puts "And now the Ruby stuff:"
puts

question :started_with_ruby_year do
puts "In what year did you start using Ruby? (4 digits)"
yr = answer.to_i
partial = Time.now.year - yr
add(partial*2)
end

question :started_reading_newsgroup do
puts "In what year did you start reading the list or newsgroup? (4 digits)"
yr = answer.to_i
partial = Time.now.year - yr
add(partial*4)
end

question :raa_rubyforge_entries do
puts "How many (non-vaporware) entries do you have in RAA and/or
Rubyforge\?"
raa = answer.to_i
add(raa*1)
end

question :rubyconf_organize do
puts "How many Ruby conferences have you assisted in organizing? (US or
other)"
conf = answer.to_i
add(conf*6)
end

question :local_user_group do
puts "Have you assisted in forming a local user's group\?"
local = yorn
add(local*2)
end

question :rubyconf_presentations do
puts "At how many Ruby conferences have you made presentations\?"
conf = answer.to_i
add(conf*6)
end

question :rubyconf_attended do
puts "How many Ruby conferences have you attended\?"
conf = answer.to_i
add(conf*4)
end

puts "Now, some book questions."
puts "Translations and newer editions count separately..."
puts

question :ruby_books_authored do
puts "How many Ruby books list you as an author\?"
book = answer.to_i
add(book*6)
end

question :ruby_books_contributed_to do
puts "How many (other) Ruby books have you contributed to\?"
book = answer.to_i
add(book*4)
end

question :ruby_books_mention do
puts "How many (other) Ruby books mention your name\?"
book = answer.to_i
add(book*2)
end

question :ruby_books_owned do
puts "How many unique Ruby books do you own\?"
books = answer.to_i
add(books*1)
end

question :ruby_domain_name do
puts "Do you own a domain name (with content) including the word 'ruby'\?"
dom = yorn
add(dom*2)
end

question :packages_in_core_or_stdlib do
puts "Approximately how many packages of yours are now in the core or
stdlib\?"
core = answer.to_i
add(core*1)
end

question :matz do
puts "Is your name Yukihiro Matsumoto\?"
matz = yorn
add(matz*10)
end

question :dave_or_guy do
puts "Is your name Dave Thomas or Guy Decoux\?"
dave = yorn
add(dave*6)
end

question :nobu_shugo_or_minero do
puts "Is your name: Nobu Nokada, Shugo Maeda, or Minero Aoki\?"
nobu = yorn
add(nobu*4)
end

question :japanese do
puts "Do you know any Japanese\?"
japan = yorn
add(japan*2)
end

question :japanese_first_language do
puts "Is Japanese your first language\?"
japan = yorn
add(japan*3)
end

question :ruby_for_pay do
puts "Have you ever written Ruby for pay\?"
pay = yorn
add(pay*10)
end

question :ruby_loc_written do
puts "Estimate your total lines of Ruby code written."
loc = (answer.to_i/5000.0).ceil
add(loc*1)
end

question :ruby_presentations do
puts "How many Ruby presentations have you made (outside RubyConf)\?"
nconf = answer.to_i
add(nconf*4)
end

question :ruby_packages_downloaded do
puts "How many of your Ruby packages have been downloaded >500 times\?"
over500 = answer.to_i
add(over500*3)
end

question :rcr_accepted do
puts "Ever had an RCR accepted\?"
rcr = yorn
add(rcr*5)
end

puts "That's all... your Ruby Geek status is measured at #@sum."
puts "Have a great day, and keep coding!"
puts

File.open('ruby_number.yml', 'wb') do |f|
YAML::dump(@answers, f)
end

=== end

Oh, and I'm a ruby newb evidenced by my as yet low score of 15 :)

:ruby_books_authored: "0"
:started_with_ruby_year: "2005"
:ruby_for_pay: n
:ruby_domain_name: n
:rubyconf_organize: "0"
:first_program_year: "1982"
:ruby_packages_downloaded: "0"
:nobu_shugo_or_minero: n
:total: 15
:packages_in_core_or_stdlib: "0"
:ruby_books_contributed_to: "0"
:ruby_loc_written: "10000"
:local_user_group: n
:rcr_accepted: n
:japanese: n
:ruby_books_mention: "0"
:started_reading_newsgroup: "2005"
:matz: n
:rubyconf_presentations: "0"
:software_job_years: "10"
:ruby_books_owned: "0"
:raa_rubyforge_entries: "0"
:compsci_degrees: "0"
:dave_or_guy: n
:rubyconf_attended: "0"
:ruby_presentations: "1"
:japanese_first_language: n

Thanks Hal for the great icebreaker!

What inflated your score so much? Mine was only 184.

There's no error checking, of course. You can easily tell it
you have 250 years of programming experience. Just like it
says on your resume. Just kidding. ;)

<mumble>Heard about a recruiter looking for someone with
15 years of java experience...</mumble>

"That's all... your Ruby Geek status is measured at 60.
Have a great day, and keep coding!"

And just to be clear, that does involve two not-yet-released books...

Sorry for the confusion.

James Edward Gray II wrote:

Can you talk about those not-yet-released books?? Not to violate
any confidentiality, but I'm curious... one is a collection of
Ruby Quizzes, right?

Attending RubyConf, writing BASIC back in '91, HighLine, and my user
group account for most of the points.

David

I've also contributed recipes to the Ruby Cookbook.  See recent  
thread here for details.