From: anonimous <n.thomp@...>
Date: 2003-03-10T10:42:50+09:00
Subject: Re: Thinking of learning Ruby


"Daniel Carrera" <dcarrera@math.umd.edu> wrote in message
news:20030310002956.GB1225@math.umd.edu...
> On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 09:22:02AM +0900, anonimous wrote:
> [snip]
> > I am mostly interested in C, C++, Ruby, Python and Perl. What I would
> > like to know is which one would be better off in your opinion(s),
> > one of the things I concider important in a programming language is
> > weather or not its good enough to get me a job in programming. I
> > look forward to your reply(s) :-)
>
> Well, in its strictest form your question is impossible to answer.
> Some of the best languages are the ones least likely to get you a job
> in programming. :-)
>
> IMHO, the best language is Ruby.  I like C a lot too, but I use it
> mostly as a complement to Ruby.
>
> The langauges that are most likely to give you a job are C++, Java and
> Perl.
>
> Web programming is usually done in Java or Perl (depending on whether
> it's client side or server side respectively).  Application programming
> is done in C++.
>
> Perhaps you should explain more clearly what you have in mind.
>

I'm interested in a programming language that can be used for anything in
general, web programming is not to important but I would like to be able
to create graphical user interfaces with Qt or GTK and do just about
anything without having to write to much code. Another thing that I think
might be important is how good ruby would work as a prototyping
language, because I also plan on learning C++, and prototyping can be
a good time saver when working with a larger programming language.

> --
> Daniel Carrera
> Graduate Teaching Assistant.  Math Dept.
> University of Maryland.  (301) 405-5137
>