From: Dean Wampler <deanwampler@...>
Date: 2006-04-27T23:26:49+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby for command line applications

> I was talking about the way people generally use the two languages:
> Perl => quick hacks; Ruby => engineered solutions. ...

I find that if I have non-trivial structured data to manage, I've
crossed the threshold where I want Ruby's better OO support and more
"literate" Hash and Array representations. Perl's equivalents, while
perhaps more concise, become harder to understand and use. Plus, I
love playing with blocks ;)

dean

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