From: Brad Wilson <dotnetguy@...>
Date: 2005-08-02T18:07:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Factors to consider for choosing Ruby?

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Ruby can be used pretty much anywhere where you'd use C++ today. In my mind=
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it's better at some things than others. I wouldn't hesitate to use it for=
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utility apps, like you're doing. I'm also extremely fond of Rails for makin=
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web apps. However, I will rarely choose Ruby to make GUI applications,=20
mostly because I'm not familiar with any of the typical GUI toolkit binding=
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(like Gtk).

As you implied, what you choose will depend a lot on what you're comfortabl=
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with. If you want to write web apps with Ruby, you'll probably want to=20
investigate Rails. Once you become comfortable with it, will you choose it=
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over some other tool? Maybe. :)

On 8/2/05, francisrammeloo@hotmail.com <francisrammeloo@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> When should I choose Ruby? When should I stick to C++?
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