From: Chad Perrin <perrin@...>
Date: 2006-08-09T04:13:19+09:00
Subject: Re: Newbie questions

On Tue, Aug 08, 2006 at 09:34:26PM +0900, Harish TM wrote:
> I love ruby, but its my opinion that it simplifies things so much that
> you don't really appreciate programing if Ruby is your first language.
> Maybe its a good idea to start with C which has the option of getting
> to lower levels with pointers and even assembly code.

I disagree quite a lot.  Learning to program is not the same as learning
to write operating systems and device drivers.  Programming is about
abstraction, and there's a lot you can learn about that far more easily
from Ruby than from C.

Everyone's different, and every situation is different.  Picking a
language for your purposes depends on both those things.  Ruby is, I
think, an excellent choice for most -- but not for all.

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