[#5218] Ruby Book Eng tl, ch1 question — Jon Babcock <jon@...>

13 messages 2000/10/02

[#5404] Object.foo, setters and so on — "Hal E. Fulton" <hal9000@...>

OK, here is what I think I know.

14 messages 2000/10/11

[#5425] Ruby Book Eng. tl, 9.8.11 -- seishitsu ? — Jon Babcock <jon@...>

18 messages 2000/10/11
[#5427] RE: Ruby Book Eng. tl, 9.8.11 -- seishitsu ? — OZAWA -Crouton- Sakuro <crouton@...> 2000/10/11

At Thu, 12 Oct 2000 03:49:46 +0900,

[#5429] Re: Ruby Book Eng. tl, 9.8.11 -- seishitsu ? — Jon Babcock <jon@...> 2000/10/11

Thanks for the input.

[#5432] Re: Ruby Book Eng. tl, 9.8.11 -- seishitsu ? — Yasushi Shoji <yashi@...> 2000/10/11

At Thu, 12 Oct 2000 04:53:41 +0900,

[#5516] Re: Some newbye question — ts <decoux@...>

>>>>> "D" == Davide Marchignoli <marchign@di.unipi.it> writes:

80 messages 2000/10/13
[#5531] Re: Some newbye question — matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto) 2000/10/14

Hi,

[#5544] Re: Some newbye question — Davide Marchignoli <marchign@...> 2000/10/15

On Sat, 14 Oct 2000, Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:

[#5576] Re: local variables (nested, in-block, parameters, etc.) — Dave Thomas <Dave@...> 2000/10/16

matz@zetabits.com (Yukihiro Matsumoto) writes:

[#5617] Re: local variables (nested, in-block, parameters, etc.) — "Brian F. Feldman" <green@...> 2000/10/16

Dave Thomas <Dave@thomases.com> wrote:

[#5705] Dynamic languages, SWOT ? — Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng <hgs@...>

There has been discussion on this list/group from time to time about

16 messages 2000/10/20
[#5712] Re: Dynamic languages, SWOT ? — Charles Hixson <charleshixsn@...> 2000/10/20

Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng wrote:

[#5882] [RFC] Towards a new synchronisation primitive — hipster <hipster@...4all.nl>

Hello fellow rubyists,

21 messages 2000/10/26

[ruby-talk:5371] Re: Is Ruby "enough better"?

From: Clemens Hintze <c.hintze@...>
Date: 2000-10-10 07:10:06 UTC
List: ruby-talk #5371
>>>>> "G" == Gabriel Lima <Gabriel.Lima@enea.se> writes:

Hi,

(...)

    G> The question I am formulating is related to Python (as Python
    G> seems to be the closest match, due to its OOP features, and
    G> being both scripting languages), but it is not related to
    G> whether Ruby is better than Pyhon, but rather to the question
    G> of if the differences really are so great, that the switch is
    G> worth it.

I cannot add much more to the answers posted so far. I was also coming
from Perl over Python to Ruby. For me Ruby has one BIG advantage that
nobody has mentioned so far, however: Ruby's C API.

Ruby's nice/clever thought-thru C API combined with its true garbage
collector make programming C extensions for Ruby a non-issue in
opposition to C extensions written for Python or (GOD safe me!) Perl.

Besides this I think Ruby is more dynamic and flexible than Python. 
And, as Yasushi Shoji mentioned: it is really fun! :-)

Try it, and examine for you own!

(...)

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