From: Chris <ceo@...>
Date: 2004-09-16T03:29:50+09:00
Subject: Re: Ex-Perl coders: Howz it feel to convert to Ruby?

Bill Guindon wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 23:54:51 +0900, Chris <ceo@nospan.on.net> wrote:
> 
>>I perceive, from what I've read, that this could be the case.  I see all
>>these "testimonials" that claim rapid development and this is inticing,
>>yet at the same time, having done *some* Ruby coding, this is a little
>>hard for me to believe because in my estimation, the paradigm in Ruby is
>>entirely different than in just about any other procedural language and
>>even from the OO aspects of Perl, C++ and Java.  To me, the difference
>>between Ruby and just about anything else (common) is the same as when,
>>in the development world, many of us made the leap from procedural to
>>OO.  I think the gap between Ruby and most everything else is that big
>>-- as well as the payoffs...?
> 
> One of the payoffs is the opportunity to think differently :)
> 

Absolutely.  One of my primary intriques with Ruby, to be sure...

-ceo