From: Robert Dober <robert.dober@...>
Date: 2007-06-01T17:12:53+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby vs perl6

On 6/1/07, Jim Zhang <jim.zhang.china@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The reason to send this mail is that I am still wondering why I should study
> and use Ruby.
>
> I used perl for 5 years and recently I try to study and use Ruby...  I can't
> wait perl6 to relase.
Which is the very reason I use Ruby, maybe you should wait, but I say
now discover Ruby now, its paradigms will not be lost on you even if
you will get back to a perl6 one day.
I wish the perl community much luck and I am waiting for perl6 but
Ruby will remain my tool for everyday's usage for quite a while.
>
> sb. says Ruby is an alternative for perl, but how's when compared with
> perl6? Ruby's vision vs Perl6's version?
Simpler, less sophisticated, maybe slower but that has to be seen YARV
vs. PARROT,
not bloated (Perl6 will be bloated for 99% of the lambda usage, now
that is not bad, Perl6 will be the Meta Swiss Army Knife I guess)
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Jim Zhang
>
Just some small thoughts.
Cheers
Robert


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You see things; and you say Why?
But I dream things that never were; and I say Why not?
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