From: Bob X <bobx@...>
Date: 2002-09-10T06:12:33+09:00
Subject: Re: Larry Wall's comments on Ruby

Joseph Benik wrote:
> William Djaja Tjokroaminata <billtj@z.glue.umd.edu> wrote in message news:<ali6js$llu$3@grapevine.wam.umd.edu>...
> 
>>Oh yes, there is no doubt about it.  I just regretted that for a clever
>>man as Larry Wall, he still does not want to learn from his language
>>successor or to admit that the language "art" has progressed much since he
>>first wrote Perl.
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Bill
> 
> 
> i have a great deal of respect for Mr. Wall as i was a perl programmer
> for many years.  however, i couldn't bring myself to read his critique
> of ruby.  to me it's like asking the maker of Coke to give an overview
> of Pepsi as a soft-drink product.  unless he's worked with ruby
> hands-on and has experience using the language to write real world
> projects, i don't feel the need to listen to his evaluation.
> 
> the idea of appreciating a language for how it "feels" when you
> program seems like it was the last on the list of priorities when they
> created perl.  how they kludge'd OO into perl 5 is such a great
> example.  looking back i don't think i ever enjoyed writing a perl
> program.  it reminds me so much of BASIC.  it's functional, it gets
> the job done, but don't expect much more out of it.
> 
> ruby is a different ballgame altogether.  it seems so heavily
> influenced by eastern philosphy, the theory of feng shui, path of
> least resistance, etc.  something only a true ruby programmer can
> understand, feel, and appreciate.
Hey! Keep your feng outta my shui!  : )

Sorry...