From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2011-01-31T19:51:45+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby & Groovy :: Pros & Cons

On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 9:15 PM, Noah Cutler <sit1way@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Out of curiosity, most Ruby coders likely had experience in other langs
> before coming to Ruby.  What makes Ruby your preferred lang compared to
> others you have used?

I used to use Perl in domains where I now exclusively use Ruby.  These
are the main reasons in decreasing order:
- cleaner syntax (actually: orders of magnitude cleaner syntax along
with a non convoluted variable type concept - there is actually only
one and not scalar, array and reference and combinations of those)
- pure OO language
- blocks

Kind regards

robert

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