From: Greg Donald <gdonald@...>
Date: 2007-04-27T07:54:18+09:00
Subject: Re: Using Ruby in a Corporate Environment

On 4/26/07, Philip Hallstrom <ruby@philip.pjkh.com> wrote:
> Seems the more languages you know the easier it is to learn others
> quickly as well

I agree.  But it's also much easier to get confused.  Today I couldn't
figure out why in the world my calls to trim() would not work in
Python.  After a while I finally realized I meant to use strip() not
trim().  I guess working in Python by day and PHP at night is messing
with my head a bit.

> As for their wish to learn it only once corporations want it, that's fine
> with me, because when that time comes I'll not only have years of
> experience with Ruby, but I'll also have projects that have been *in the
> field* for years as well to back up my resume.

w0rd.



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Greg Donald
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