From: seebs@... (Peter Seebach)
Date: 2007-07-13T12:26:39+09:00
Subject: Re: I need serious help!

In message <a30627cafac42481df39278553c685a4@ruby-forum.com>, Joe Wiltrout writes:
>And would this 'Inform 6' be harder than Ruby?

Maybe.

>Because I don't even get Ruby very well.

Ruby is not necessarily easier, or necessarily harder, than other languages;
different people find different languages easier.  I found C easier to learn
than Ruby.

>And what's this 'Text Adventure' type thing?

Like Zork.  If you don't know what that is, find a search engine.

Actually, in general, you might want to work on your research skills; before
asking a question, make at least one attempt to find the answer yourself.
That skill will matter more than anything else; it's what makes the
difference between theings being easy or hard to learn.

>If you mean 
>text-based game, then I'll check it out. And say I was going to make 
>some sort of 2-d but still good graphic game, would it be possible in 
>Ruby, or would I have to use C++ or Java or something else? And could 
>you post a link to this Pines Learning to program? Because if it is as 
>helpful as you imply it to be, I would very much like to see it.

Well, if you were to search for "learn to program ruby" on Google, you'd
find it.  First hit, even.

That's what's killing you here; not how easy or hard Ruby is, but how
quickly you give up without even making a couple of tries to find
something.  Be more willing to make a couple of tries.  It's okay if
sometimes they don't work out.  Take some chances!  Five minutes of
browsing the internet is not too high a price to pay for a good shot
at answering a question for yourself, and even the things you find
that aren't the answer you're looking for might be USEFUL to you.

>And define Quirky. I need to know what you mean before I go and confuse 
>myself on another coding language.

Quirky languages are those with characteristics that don't make much sense;
for instance, it might be hard to tell when, or whether, you need commas
to separate items in lists.  Inform6 is fairly quirky.  Ruby's relatively
predictable.

-s