From: Seth Kurtzberg <seth@...>
Date: 2003-03-10T11:15:15+09:00
Subject: Re: Thinking of learning Ruby

On Sunday 09 March 2003 06:02 pm, MikkelFJ wrote:
> "Daniel Carrera" <dcarrera@math.umd.edu> wrote in message
> news:20030310002956.GB1225@math.umd.edu...
>
> > 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 would also like to add Ocaml as a language to consider.
>
> 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 you are of a language theoretical bent, throw Haskell into the mix as well.

>
> If focus is on serious GUI development I think ADA and Eiffel might be
> interesting.
>
> 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.
>
> Mikkel

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