From: Eric Lee Green <eric@...>
Date: 2001-12-08T06:50:53+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:27865] Re: Perl/Python Module Porting

On Friday 07 December 2001 12:30 pm, you wrote:
> On Friday 07 December 2001 11:03 am, Eric Lee Green wrote:
> > Only problem with most Perl modules is that they are FAR from being
> > object-oriented. Thus you can't just take a Perl API and port it to Ruby
> > (with the exception of the very few Perl modules that are
> > object-oriented).
>
> True... however, this doesn't have to keep you from doing it in Ruby. After
> all, Ruby can deal with non-OO designs as well.

I guess I was thinking more along the lines of, "Why re-implement a defective 
API?". 

To do these modules "the ruby way" with an object-oriented API rather than a 
defective Perl-style API is a re-write, not a port. It's worth doing, but 
it's not a port. 

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