From: David Vallner <david@...>
Date: 2006-12-09T02:40:56+09:00
Subject: Re: Question about Ruby philosophy

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Jim Cochrane wrote:
> On 2006-12-08, David Vallner <david@vallner.net> wrote:
>> Christian Neukirchen wrote:
>>> Do you consider Ruby a good language for teaching people that haven't=

>>> programmed yet?  Just wondering.
>>> =3D20
>> I personally consider teaching programming in any language without a
>> REPL as Cruel and Unusual (tm) torture. Compiler-wrestling is a skill =
of
>=20
> What is a REPL?
>=20

Read-eval-print-loop. For example, irb.

David Vallner


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