From: vekkuli ketkutin <qvyht@...>
Date: 2002-01-04T20:32:26+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:30204] Re: should I use ruby instead of perl



Peter Hickman wrote:

> vekkuli ketkutin wrote:
> 
> 
>>simple question...
>>
> 
> Too vague.
> 
> If you were to say "I'm doing research into prime numbers" (like I am)
> then I would say the Ruby has better integer support than Perl and you
> should therefore use Ruby.
> 
> If you were to say "I'm developing a site in mod_perl" then I would say
> that you should stick with Perl for the moment as the Apache support
> available in Perl is far superior the Ruby.
> 
> If you were to say "I'm developing a missile guidance system" then I
> would say use ADA.
> 
> All languages have their strong points, you need to mix and match the
> languages to the problems.
> 
> Simple questions only lead to further questions (as it should be).
> 
> 
> 

I saw this answer coming./ But being familiar with web, I always
look for things in very zen way, not defining too strictly what I want to hear in beforehand.

That would not drop some answers I might like to be interested in.

(If you cannot find your car keys, try to find something else and you'll find

your car keys, some extra pocket money, chewing gum, somebody's (who's)

pants and a lot of other stuff.)


Seriously:

I need one solution for quick scripting, testing tool development,
and making programs for my hobbies. I love Perl (no, not her -the language!)

but oop with it is really pain.
Ruby seems to have it in the way I want it, but I'm not familiar enough
with ruby yet to make my decision.

Perl is swiss army knife but I'm looking more finnish army knife.
Best I could get would be new perl version with full oo support
not doing:

each(@ar){print;}

but

ar.each.print()
or
import com.perl.script.*
each(@ar){print;}


I should evaluate both but I 'm so lazy, you know