From: Charlie Bowman <charlie@...>
Date: 2006-02-24T03:26:04+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby as First Language

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That's such a good point.  I'm a self taught programmer and my first
language was perl.  Without anyone to point me in the right direction, I
developed some pretty bad habbits.  You can still pick up bad habbits
using ruby, but it's less likely.

charlie bowman
recentrambles.com

On Fri, 2006-02-24 at 02:34 +0900, pat eyler wrote:

> Ruby makes sense as a first language because it allows
> nearly instant gratification, encourages good habits, and provides a
> good bridge to other things.

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