From: Andrew Hunt <andy@...>
Date: 2000-02-15T07:35:51-05:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:01376] Re: Scripting versus programming

Conrad writes:

    >I recommend that we (and Ruby documentation) describe Ruby first and
    >foremost as "one of the world's most powerful programming languages", and
    >subsequently mention that is also enormously useful for scripting--if, when,
    >and where appropriate. This may (or probably should) sound trite to
    >technically astute people, many business/IT decisions at tens of thousands
    >of shops world-wide are unfortunately made on the basis of superficial
    >impressions.

I agree whole-heartedly!

I think it is misleading to call Ruby a scripting language, and
the unelightened might mistake it for another VB or Perl, or
even a replacement for JavaScript.

Towards that end, (while I'm on the soapbox), I think we need much
more in the way of enterprise connectivity -- better database
interfaces, CORBA, EJB, etc.

If Ruby could be used effectively to implement middle-tier
business logic I think we'd get quite a bit of attention!

What do ya'll think? (I live in North Carolina, US, now and
one of the quirks of regional English is the contraction
"ya'll" for "you all")

/\ndy

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