From: Diego.Virasoro@...
Date: 2009-04-14T20:20:05+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby vs. Groovy: your perspective

> This is pretty much personal opinion.  Which ever one feels better to  
> you is better.
>
Yeah, I know. But since I've never written anything in Groovy and it
takes time to learn the subtlties of the language, I was asking fellow
Rubyists for their opinion. If you want you could rewrite the question
as "which one does it feel better for you, and why?".

> There's no such thing.  Both languages are Turing Complete (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_complete
> ).  Thus, they are literally capable of the same things.
>
Mmm... that sounds a lot like fine semantic details. :/
I agree powerful was a pretty generic term, but I thought it was
pretty clear. The fact that Ruby is so dynamic, for example, I'd say
makes Ruby pretty powerful: you can easily and tersely write complex
programs. And allows you to do things that other languages don't (or
are much more complex and/or time consuming).


> Again, that's pretty much personal preference.  What's easy for me may  
> not be easy for you.
>
Yep, and I was asking for your personal preference... sorry if I
seemed to imply I wanted to get an objective, balanced, correct
opinion. That is an oxymoron, I agree. I was asking the opinion of
other Ruby users.
(I assume someone in the list has probably tried Groovy, or may even
use both)

Diego