From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@...>
Date: 2008-06-03T11:33:34+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby or Perl?

joseph collins wrote:
> I wonder if I should stop using perl and start using Ruby.

Probably not. Perl has certain advantages, not the least of which is the 
fact that you know it.

> I need input from the Ruby programmers:


1-Can ruby programs create Guis much like C# and VB.NET?

There are quite a few GUI toolkits for Ruby. A Frequently Asked Question 
here is "which one is the best?" And the answer is usually "it depends."


2-Can ruby programs be turned into .exe files if needed?

Probably not as easily as Perl programs can.


3-Does Ruby support regexp like Perl does?

Yes.


4-If Ruby as good as perl is when processing text?

Yes.
5-Does ruby have anything like associative arrays?

Yes.
  Feedback needed - thanks! Joe
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Just out of curiosity, are you at Microsoft? There's something called 
IronRuby from Microsoft that runs Ruby on the CLR -- it might be just 
what you're looking for. As far as I know, there's no "IronPerl", 
although there is an IronPython, to throw another language into the mix. :)