From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2003-06-12T23:02:14+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby disadvantages over Mind


What a great compliment for Ruby!  But, why do you read this group if you
dropped Ruby?

    robert

"Anubis" <philippe.deschamps@sympatico.ca> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:n0_Fa.4855$JN6.818060@news20.bellglobal.com...
> OO Programming is not the Panacee and I don't like Ruby because my mind
is
> much less stimulated programming with it.
> I mean if you have to "turn right and become red" then Ruby has already
a
> method doing that.
> And you can use it like this : Object.turn_right_become_red
> I prefer doing that by programming instead of writing something which
> someone has already programmed for me. Because people saying that since
they
> program with Ruby they don't want to program with another language are
true
> : they are not adapted anymore with popular but harder programming
language.
> I mean you have to train your brain and not to become lazy with it.
That's
> why after programming a little bit with Ruby and with Perl I choose
Perl.
> Perl brings fun to programming also because you have to think. If "fun"
> means to you playing video games instead of chess then Ruby is for you
and
> you will find a lot of obvious advantages of Ruby over Perl...
>
> Anubis