From: Robert Dober <robert.dober@...>
Date: 2008-08-18T19:27:47+09:00
Subject: Re: I wish to learn Ruby ,can anyone teach me???

On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 8:45 AM, Jeremy McAnally
<jeremymcanally@gmail.com> wrote:
> You do know that Ruby and Java are pretty much the same age, right? :)
>
> I disagree.  Java has a lot of quirks too, many that get in the way of
So do I,Ruby does not have any quirks, that is outrageous ;)
Now seriously, I do not think one can take the statement as such
seriously, if you think that Ruby has quirks, and it undoubtably has,
you should name that, unless we could slip into a disussion like, Java
is bad and I can prove it, because it is well... bad.

And honestly if somebody turns to the Ruby mailing list asking for
advice how to learn Ruby as a first PL it seems somehow strange to
suggest learning Java. Assuming that Java were a better language to
learn first, of which I am not convinced at all, do you really think
that your advice will be taken seriously?

Cheers
Robert
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