From: Robert Dober <robert.dober@...>
Date: 2007-06-01T20:49:01+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby vs perl6

On 6/1/07, Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 05:56:56PM +0900, Adrian Howard wrote:
> >
> > I'd say they're quite different. Perl 6 is Perl with the dials turned
> > up to 11. Perl's TMTOWTDI is even more apparent - with the swiss army
> > chainsaw picking up more from functional languages, AOP, etc.
> >
> > Ruby on the other hand does its best to be a small, elegant OOP
> > language. Which  is a darn nice thing.
>
> Alas, I don't know quite enough about Perl 6 to be able to make a
> credible comparison, but yours sounds believable, so I'll go with that.
>
> In my mind, and based on what I know of it, the big win for Perl 6 will
> be the fact that it actually does OOP well.  Don't misunderstand me:
> Perl is one of my favorite languages.  I just happen be willing to call
> a dog what it is when necessary, and Perl's OOP characteristics leave
> something to be desired (as of 5.x).  Judging by the sample code I've
> seen and the descriptions I've read, however, Perl 6 OOP looks like it's
> going to be a really interesting, well-designed bag of tricks, and I
> can't wait to learn it.
>
> That won't stop me from using Ruby, though, any more than the fact I'm
> using Ruby has stopped me from using Perl 5.x.  In fact, I've decided
> to work on priority queue management scripts in Perl.  Meanwhile, the
> signature at the end of this email was chosen randomly by a script I
> wrote in Ruby.
>
> Why limit yourself to one language?
>
> --
> CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ]
> W. Somerset Maugham: "The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for
> wit."
So your quoting program picked that quote, that's AI!!!!
>
>


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