From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@...>
Date: 2007-09-25T14:24:38+09:00
Subject: Re: This is why Ruby 1.8.6 can never be made to run anywhere

7stud -- wrote:
> Bill Kelly wrote:
>> I've dabbled in a number of languages, but I've written actual
>> production code in assembler, Forth, C, C++, Objective-C, Java,
>> Perl, Python, Ruby, and (kill me now) VB6.
>>
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Thanks for the well written post.  Can you give a little more insight 
> into how you came to be using ruby as your programming language of 
> choice instead of any of the other languages you mentioned.  I know why 
> you might choose ruby over C/C++ or Java, but what lead you to choose 
> ruby over python, which as far as I can tell is ruby's closest neighbor.
> 
> Thanks.

And why did you stop using Forth? Is there *really* a way to break the
addiction? ;)