From: Jose Hales-Garcia <jose.halesgarcia@...>
Date: 2010-02-03T00:32:04+09:00
Subject: Re: Why Ruby?

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On Feb 2, 2010, at 7:19 AM, Jim Maher wrote:

> The problem is that ANY programming language will probably require =
tons
> of study and years of practice before a developer achieves =
proficiency.
> Is Ruby worth the investment for someone seeking a new programming
> language?

I'm far from an expert on this list, but in my two years of experience =
with Ruby I'd say unequivocally yes, Ruby is worth learning.  It's =
improved my programming generally.

Rails is a framework for the web written in Ruby, so if you're coming to =
this as a web developer, then Rails is an excellent introduction to =
Ruby.  That's where I started and it's branched out to where Ruby has =
become my sysadmin scripting language of choice as well.

Jose
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Jose Hales-Garcia
UCLA Department of Statistics
jose.halesgarcia@stat.ucla.edu


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