From: Christophe Broult Date: 2001-08-09T03:36:38+09:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:19388] Re: Perl/Python/Ruby common backend (Parrot , can Ruby play too?) This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C12038.FD2396F0 Content-Type: text/plain > -----Original Message----- > From: ptkwt@shell1.aracnet.com [mailto:ptkwt@shell1.aracnet.com] > Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 2:18 PM > To: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org > Subject: [ruby-talk:19385] Re: Perl/Python/Ruby common > backend (Parrot, can Ruby play too?) [...] > Programmer1: "Well, of course we're using Perl."... > later,Programmer1 to > Programmer2: "You prefer Ruby, I prefer Python, the boss > likes Perl - it's > nice that we can use the language of our choice and it all > works together";-) Even though I like to be able to choose which language to use: the problem is the boss may see that as a potential maintenance nightmare because the more languages you use the harder it gets to maintain. Christophe ------_=_NextPart_001_01C12038.FD2396F0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RE: [ruby-talk:19385] Re: Perl/Python/Ruby common backend = (Parrot, can Ruby play too?)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ptkwt@shell1.aracnet.com [mailto:ptkwt@shell1.aracnet.com= ]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 2:18 PM
> To: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org
> Subject: [ruby-talk:19385] Re: Perl/Python/Ruby = common
> backend (Parrot, can Ruby play too?)
[...]
> Programmer1: "Well, of course we're using = Perl."...
> later,Programmer1 to
> Programmer2: "You prefer Ruby, I prefer = Python, the boss
> likes Perl - it's
> nice that we can use the language of our choice = and it all
> works together";-)

Even though I like to be able to choose which = language to use: the problem
is the boss may see that as a potential maintenance = nightmare because
the more languages you use the harder it gets to = maintain.

Christophe

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