From: anonimous <n.thomp@...>
Date: 2003-03-10T10:42:56+09:00
Subject: Re: Thinking of learning Ruby


"MikkelFJ" <mikkelfj-anti-spam@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
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> "Daniel Carrera" <dcarrera@math.umd.edu> wrote in message
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> > 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.
>
> I agree with the above, except C# is also becoming very important. It
would
> probably deal with some of the library issues. In the scripting section
PHP
> might also be relevant, depending on web focus.

I'm not very fond of Microsoft though, I think I'd stay away from any of
their
programming languages, after all, lots of people put their faith in Visual
Basic
and now Microsoft isn't maintaining it any more that I know of.

>
> I would also like to add Ocaml as a language to consider.

I've never heard of Ocaml before, is there a website with information on it?

>
> The two best languages are IMHO Ruby, OCaml. Apart from the language
> qualities, both these languages have easy interfacing with C which is
> important for real software solutions.
>
> If focus is on serious GUI development I think ADA and Eiffel might be
> interesting.

I've taken a quick look at Ada before, but I have never heard of Eiffel.

>
> Why learn Ruby?
> It's so easy to getting started that it will be worth your while even if
you
> choose not to use it. Ruby will grow on you - it is a very powerful
> language.

How long does it take to get a good enough understanding of Ruby to
start writing programs?
What books would you recommend for learning Ruby?

>
> Mikkel
>
>