From: "Hal E. Fulton" <hal9000@...>
Date: 2003-04-28T12:08:32+09:00
Subject: Re: Generating a DLL file?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Campbell" <michael_s_campbell@yahoo.com>
To: "ruby-talk ML" <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2003 9:48 PM
Subject: Re: Generating a DLL file?


> --- Rich <rich@lithinos.com> wrote:
> > I don't know C - or C++... and I'd rather not learn.
> 
> As a professional programmer, I'll never understand this sort of
> sentiment, but I realize everyone isn't me.

:) I see both sides. I'm always eager to learn
new things (though there's only so much time
for that).

But C isn't a new thing, if you know what I mean.
It's almost an investment in the past.

If I hadn't learned it twenty years ago, I would
probably still learn it today. But I would
hesitate.

Reminds me of when Y2K was (thought to be) looming
and everyone was polishing their COBOL.

I think the main use of C today (besides legacy
code) is as a "universal assembly language."

Ruby spoils us, doesn't it? But in a good way.

Hal