From: Seth Kurtzberg Date: 2003-03-10T11:25:00+09:00 Subject: Re: Thinking of learning Ruby On Sunday 09 March 2003 06:42 pm, anonimous wrote: > "MikkelFJ" wrote in message > news:3e6be1af$0$136$edfadb0f@dtext01.news.tele.dk... > > > "Daniel Carrera" 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'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. PHP is not a microsoft language. > > > 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? Absolutely. Google will find it for you. > > > 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 -- Seth Kurtzberg M. I. S. Corp. 480-661-1849 seth@cql.com