From: Yossef Mendelssohn <ymendel@...>
Date: 2007-09-25T22:22:50+09:00
Subject: Re: This is why Ruby 1.8.6 can never be made to run anywhere

On Sep 25, 12:24 am, "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <zn...@cesmail.net>
wrote:
> 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? ;)

It sounds like the question you're trying to ask is "*How* did you
stop using Forth?"

HTH HAND

;)

--
-yossef