[heleninboodler]

> there's a lot of "I think the DSL ends up a hinderance" in this [thread] from people that (perhaps) haven't tried it and judge from the looks

As unfair as this seems to you, I think it's also unfair to dismiss them as not having tried it, since I've personally tried many (I can remember encountering them in 2008 on my first ruby project and many times in the interim) and never had a good experience. It feels like a novelty that doesn't really add anything except a disconnect between what I have to write and what I mean, when "what I mean" is actually really simple and not hard to write. Your mileage may vary, but the "DSL hate" is actually rooted in experience for many people.

But you're right, I definitely haven't tried it, and I don't intend to, so I could be missing out. I just really don't think so. More power to everyone who likes this sort of thing. :)