From: Paul Lutus <nospam@...>
Date: 2006-11-19T12:15:05+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby vs Java vs c++

El Gato wrote:

/ ...

> I'd rather suggest that you go the Ruby route because I think that you
> would experience a much smoother learning curve and a level of
> productivity that the other two can only dream of (...well, until you
> get into GUI stuff which is generally quicker in Java or C++ due to the
> nice IDEs available for each.  I haven't really been keeping up with
> Ruby IDEs, but I don't think one exists yet for GUI development).

QTDesigner on Linux, plus a command-line utility called "rbuic", makes
creating GUI interfaces very easy ("rbuic" translates the GUI interface
specification into a Ruby source file). These may also be available on
Windows.

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Paul Lutus
http://www.arachnoid.com