From: Bill Guindon <agorilla@...>
Date: 2006-03-18T11:05:49+09:00
Subject: Re: Rapid Prototyping Perl In Ruby?

On 3/17/06, thoran@thoran.com <thoran@thoran.com> wrote:
> David,
>
> I didn't spell it out, but it seems somehow wrong to go using a somewhat
> similar language to prototype for another language.
>
> In other words if Perl's causing excess brain strain, then dispense with
> it.  Trade up!

Easier said than done.  If you have a ton of legacy code, it makes
sense to use Ruby to get a grip on the problem, and then convert to
perl.

[snip]

> P.S. Is it etiquette to quote or not to quote?  I assume that given
> threading that it isn't necessary.  Hence there is nothing after

I'm no list cop, nor do I play one on the web.  Quote when you like,
but most at least quote what they're replying to.

> P.P.S. What does Wobblini mean?

+1, wondered about that myself.

--
Bill Guindon (aka aGorilla)
The best answer to most questions is "it depends".