From: Tobias Reif <tobiasreif@...>
Date: 2002-01-15T07:17:53+09:00
Subject: Re: Small Methods - a ramble

David Alan Black wrote:


>>If there's a Perl crack, a Ruby wizard, and a programming newbie, then
>>I'd value the newbies judgement about the clarity of each language the
>>highest.
>>
> OK, but how far would you take that? 


far :)

> Someone who knew no computer
> languages?  A four-year-old child who liked the look of one more than
> another?


A programming newbie is someone enthusiastic about and new to programming.


> The newbie can't tell or convince someone who thinks Perl is opaque
> that it isn't.


Can anyone, in their right mind, explain to someone not knowing Perl, 
that it's exceptionally clear and elegeant? Impossible IMHO.

Anyways, to not flood ruby-talk, I let this thread rest :)

Tobi

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