From: Jon Newton <jon@...>
Date: 2003-07-29T03:43:48+09:00
Subject: Re: Fishing for ideas: Ruby-talk for Java coders

This is stuff I really like about Ruby coming from Java. In general I 
found Ruby's terse syntax the most appealing, sick of typing "static 
public final int XXX", etc. '@' and friends work just as well.


* Easy file IO

IO.foreach("myfile") do |line|
    #do something
end

Compare this to creating at least 2-3 objects for doing IO in java 
(reader, buffer, file)


* Class def shortcuts like attr_accessor, @, @@.

* Module concept, for both namespaces and including code into other 
classes.


* (what I think is) really good integration with win32 thanks to 
win32ole module. I can script Crystal Reports, MS Sql Server, Word, etc.


* Create executables with exerb.