From: David Douthitt Date: 2002-08-12T22:32:25+09:00 Subject: Re: Choosing ruby? This is a MIME message. If you are reading this text, you may want to consider changing to a mail reader or gateway that understands how to properly handle MIME multipart messages. ----=_NextPart_ST_08_21_20_Monday_August_12_2002_481 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable David Douthitt CUNA & Affiliates UNIX Systems Administrator ddouthitt@cuna.coop >>> raims@dot.com 8/11/02 12:25PM >>> > > Then (I have no problems switching to Ruby) > I asked myself: " why I have to do that " ? > > Could anyone answer for me? I can tell you my story... I find OO to be the best way of thinking, and still wish I had enough time = to learn (and use) SmallTalk fully. I've always enjoyed learning new langu= ages, and perk up when I hear of a new one. I'd been programming in Perl 4= for a long time, and when Perl 5 came along and changed everything, and cl= aimed "OO" (which I did not see) - I never did learn to program in Perl 5. = I write mostly in ksh; back then I wrote in Perl 4 occasionally. Now, if I'm not in ksh I'm writing in Ruby. Ruby is cleaner, is truly obje= ct-oriented, and re-visiting old code isn't nearly as difficult as Perl or = other programs might be. I find it to be more maintainable, and easier to = write in. I definitely recommend it! ----=_NextPart_ST_08_21_20_Monday_August_12_2002_481 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

David Douthitt
CUNA & Affiliates
UNIX Systems Administrator<= BR>ddouthitt@cuna.coop

>>> raims@dot.com 8/11/02 12:25PM >>>
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> Then (I have no problems switching to Ruby)

> I asked myself: " why I have to do that " ?
>
> Could= =20 anyone answer for me?

I can tell you my story...

I find OO to be the best way of thinking, and still wish I had enough = time=20 to learn (and use) SmallTalk fully. I've always enjoyed learning new languages, and perk up when I hear of a new one. I'd been programming= in=20 Perl 4 for a long time, and when Perl 5 came along and changed everything, = and=20 claimed "OO" (which I did not see) - I never did learn to program in Perl 5. I write mostly in ksh; back then I wrote in Perl 4 occasionally.

Now, if I'm not in ksh I'm writing in Ruby. Ruby is cleaner, is = truly=20 object-oriented, and re-visiting old code isn't nearly as difficult as Perl= or=20 other programs might be. I find it to be more maintainable, and easie= r to=20 write in.

I definitely recommend it!

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