From: Curt Hibbs <curt@...>
Date: 2004-11-18T13:25:47+09:00
Subject: The Poetry of Code

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I loved this blog entry and I just had to share it with you!

Curt

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http://rgcottrell.typepad.com/random/2004/11/the_poetry_of_c.html

November 17, 2004
The Poetry of Code
At work we've been developing some applications using the Ruby programming
language and the Ruby on Rails web application framework. I want to be a
skeptic. I want to dislike the language. I want to dismiss it as a simple
toy, an interesting intellectual exercise but not worthy of serious work.

Not like Java. Java is a serious language. I've wanted to do some serious
work in Java for a number of years now. My bookshelves at home are littered
with Java programming books. I even went to the JavaOne conference this
year. Still, I haven't managed to find time for any significant Java
programming, either professionally or on my own.

Java just feels like a real programming language with patterns and best
practices and code that goes on for miles. Boiler plate code has been raised
to a high art. Reading Java programs is like reading poetry. Java is an
epic, like the Odyssey. Writing a java program is a ten year journey to find
your way home.

Ruby isn't like that at all. Programs are small, concise, and eerily
expressive. Not like Java at all. I think I might need to look to Ruby's
Eastern origins. A haiku, perhaps:



a Ruby program
before I even notice
is already done

But I'm starting to come to terms with Ruby now. After spending several
hours yesterday tracking down a bug in the Rails framework I am much more
comfortable with the language and the framework. It's not perfect, and
somehow that makes me happy.

November 17, 2004 in Web/Tech | Permalink

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