From: Charlie Bowman <charlie@...>
Date: 2006-04-27T23:52:11+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby for command line applications

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> 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


    I agree completely, I began converting a small time keeper comand
line app I wrote in perl to keep track of my hours over to ruby as a way
of learning ruby.  I quickly began adding new features because the
object model makes that so easy.  That said, I still "enjoy" creating
reports in perl over ruby.  Probably because I've written so many more
in perl.

Charlie Bowman
www.recentrambles.com



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