From: Tim Hammerquist <tim@...>
Date: 2002-08-12T20:27:41+09:00
Subject: Re: Choosing ruby?

Rhymes graced us by uttering:
> Tim Hammerquist <tim@vegeta.ath.cx> wrote:

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> I heard them too. I like  XP programming and TDD and other developers
> suggested to me to switch to Ruby (they are Java or .NET programmers)
> for improving my "OO-experience" and doing a bit of work too.
> Mmm...I think that Python is a bit more widespread than Ruby, isn't
> it?

Widespread as a larger user base and therefore more support right now?
Yes.  OTOH, Python had a much smaller user base for the first five years
of its existence.  And Perl beats both of them, so lets not use this as
our only basis for judgement.  ;)

> > OTOH, I *LOVE* Python's indentation-based statement grouping!  Oh
> > yeah, Python's threading is quirky on some systems.
> 
> How Ruby group statements?

As in other post, by matching identifiers and (to a point) with newlines
and semicolons.

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> > My only hope is that you take Ruby for what it is, and not for what
> > it might resemble at a glance.
> 
> Is what I'm going to do.

Glad to hear it.

Cheers!
Tim Hammerquist
-- 
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