From: Tim Hammerquist <penryu@...>
Date: 2005-12-23T09:47:49+09:00
Subject: Re: Bruce Eckel and Ruby

Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> wrote:
> Jeff Wood wrote:
> > at least they are BOTH taking away from the Perl community
> > & the other static/compiled languages out there ...
>
> What's up with the "hate Perl and static languages" routine?
> I like Perl, and I still use Perl.  Both Perl and Ruby coexist
> quite happily in my skillset.

I second.  Obviously Matz liked something about Perl enough for
it to significantly influence Ruby.

The Python v. Ruby argument makes sense.  Perl only had one
serious drawback in by book (horrid OO), which was nicely fixed
by Ruby.

As I still have a lot of previous work and experience invested
in Perl, I still use it frequently; but I see no reason to
declare war on it.

Cheers,
Tim Hammerquist