From: Steve Callaway <sjc2000_uk@...>
Date: 2005-05-11T21:57:59+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby vs. java?

Reply to Franz Hartmann:

> Slow it is probable, if it is as slow as ruby (see
my factorial mail).
> but why inelegant? i think it is a very elegant
thing to integrate a
> language with an application (excel) (<= maybe i am
really growing old :-) but
> still i think that is a great idea)


Ruby is not slow relative to VB, on the contrary for
many if not most operations it is significantly
faster, both in terms of execution and of
construction.

The integration of VB into Excel is /extremely/
limited relative to what is possible with Ruby, which
is also capable of manipulation of Excel spreadsheets
via Win32OLE.

>as i said before, no problem with the library - have
> all the necessary >books on my shelf

Here I think you are confusing /physical/ books with
code libraries.

> ??? maybe its the inbreeding but i am confused...
the learning curve
> with ruby is /less steep/ but i will be doing things
/faster... in a shorter
> space of time/ ?

This is just a way of saying that ruby is less
difficult to learn and thus it will be quicker to get
things done. Languages with a steep learning curve are
/more difficult/.

Regards

Steve Callaway

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