From: Chris <ceo@...>
Date: 2004-09-16T03:14:50+09:00
Subject: Re: Ex-Perl coders: Howz it feel to convert to Ruby?

Peter Hickman wrote:
> Being a long time Perl programmer I tend to reach for Perl when I have a 
> problem to solve. Mainly because I can just grab a module off CPAN and 
> hack something up.
> 
> However whenever I want to write a simulation (population models, music 
> generators etc.) I go straight for Ruby.
> 
> I can hack something up pretty quick in Perl, but I stand a better 
> chance of maintaining it in Ruby so I get it to work in Perl and then 
> take the design over to Ruby.
> 

Interesting, and I think I can/could continue to relate to this.  As 
already stated, I can usually whack out a concise, tight solution in 
Perl in just a little bit of time.  I'm anxious to see if I can get to 
that place in Ruby and what that would look like.  This sounds like Ruby 
might be more suited to "bigger" tasks and Perl to the small ones.  I'm 
sure others will jump in here momentarily and dispute this...

-ceo