From: Jim Weirich <jim@...>
Date: 2006-02-16T14:48:24+09:00
Subject: Re: OT: Is this worth a try?

Greg Kujawa wrote:
> I am trying out some other scripting languages and wanted to give
> Eiffel a try. Since a lot of the folks who post here seem to be
> familiar with other languages than Ruby I was wondering if anyone had
> some comments on how Eiffel is to learn. Coming from a Ruby/Smalltalk
> background and mindset. Is it worth a shot? I downloaded the
> EiffelStudio free version and am considering recoding a basic app in
> Eiffel to see how it works. Will it be something that should be
> enjoyable (or at least not that big of a PITA)?

I played around with Eiffel for 3 years before switching to Ruby.  In 6 
months I wrote more Ruby code than in the entire 3 years of Eiffel. 
Productivity is way higher in Ruby.

However, the concepts learned in Eiffel were valuable for me.  No, you 
are probably not going to land your next big job because you know 
Eiffel, but  learning to use Eiffel well will help you write better code 
in any OO language, IMHO.

-- Jim Weirich


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