[#3986] Re: Principle of least effort -- another Ruby virtue. — Andrew Hunt <andy@...>

> Principle of Least Effort.

14 messages 2000/07/14

[#4043] What are you using Ruby for? — Dave Thomas <Dave@...>

16 messages 2000/07/16

[#4139] Facilitating Ruby self-propagation with the rig-it autopolymorph application. — Conrad Schneiker <schneik@...>

Hi,

11 messages 2000/07/20

[ruby-talk:04017] Re: Principle of least effort -- another Ruby virtue.

From: Charles Hixson <charleshixsn@...>
Date: 2000-07-14 14:55:16 UTC
List: ruby-talk #4017
Conrad Schneiker wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Andrew Hunt wrote:
>
> > On a side note, another axis of language comparisons might
> > be something like "volatility", in the sense of "how bad do things
> > get when I make a typo".
> >
> > On that axis, LaTex and C++ are very volatile (perhaps even chaotic? :-)
> > languages.
>
> Good ol' LaTex. Fragile tools, brittle systems, and passive-aggressive
> software are terms that come to mind.
>

But LaTex is a cross-platform way of telling the data to print.  Ruby
screen-paints via tcl, but how does one do formatted printing?  tex files are
the best answer that has yet occurred to me.

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