From: James Britt <james_b@...>
Date: 2005-07-17T00:54:36+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby VS PHP

Tristan Knowles wrote:
> I was chatting with a PHP dev friend tonight, he is a
> PHP die hard who thinks it can do anything.
>

Maybe in his hands it can.


> Now, I am new to Ruby and programming in general, and
> wasn't really able to offer any insightful reasons why
> he should at least look at Ruby.  So, I was wondering
> if I could get some ammo for next time, especially
> from people with a PHP background.
>

Suggest that Ruby might offer a different take on OO and dynamic typing 
than PHP, and that he might gain some insight on programming in general 
by taking a look at other languages.  If there is a lack of natural 
curiosity then screw it.


> I don't mean the title in a literal sense, I'm more
> after some general points about Ruby which distinguish
> it from PHP.
> 
> I dropped the whole OO vs not true OO but he claimed
> PHP has been OO since v3.

Ah, "But that's not OO!"

See http://www.paulgraham.com/reesoo.html

  James

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