From: Mark Wilson <mwilson13@...>
Date: 2002-11-22T03:00:49+09:00
Subject: Re: The ultimate Application


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Even with my naivete, I can sense "trolling" -- in other words, an=20
attempt (the second one, by my count) to start a flame war.

On Thursday, November 21, 2002, at 12:22 PM, Dat Nguyen wrote:

> I have used Ruby and some others (Perl, Python, etc.) for some useful=20=

> things. Those who know these languages, don't need to=A0say why. But=20=

> when it comes to the ultimate application like a language itself=20
> (Ruby, Perl, Python, etc.), nothing can beat the awesome C. To my=20
> knowledge, most advanced chess programs (Deep Blue, Fritz, Junior,=20
> Shredder, etc.) are written in either C or C++, never Prolog or Lisp.=20=

> Mastering C/C++ is still required when it comes to performance. If a=20=

> chess program in Ruby can beat all those chess=A0programs in C/C++, no=20=

> naive propaganda for Ruby needs to be made. So far I haven't spotted=20=

> any Job that requires Ruby, but the trio C++/Java/C#;=A0most companies=20=

> and managers=A0are very well informed.

>
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Even with my naivete, I can sense "trolling" -- in other words, an
attempt (the second one, by my count) to start a flame war.


On Thursday, November 21, 2002, at 12:22 PM, Dat Nguyen wrote:


<excerpt>I have used Ruby and some others (Perl, Python, etc.) for
some useful things. Those who know these languages, don't need to=A0say
why. But when it comes to the ultimate application like a language
itself (Ruby, Perl, Python, etc.), nothing can beat the awesome C. To
my knowledge, most advanced chess programs (Deep Blue, Fritz, Junior,
Shredder, etc.) are written in either C or C++, never Prolog or Lisp.
Mastering C/C++ is still required when it comes to performance. If a
chess program in Ruby can beat all those chess=A0programs in C/C++, no
naive propaganda for Ruby needs to be made. So far I haven't spotted
any Job that requires Ruby, but the trio C++/Java/C#;=A0most companies
and managers=A0are very well informed.

</excerpt>=20

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STOP MORE SPAM with <underline><color><param>1999,1999,FFFF</param>the
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