From: Martin DeMello <martindemello@...>
Date: 2003-07-30T11:18:19+09:00
Subject: Re: Fishing for ideas: Ruby-talk for Java coders

Brian McCallister <mccallister@forthillcompany.com> wrote:
> As a full-time Just-A-Programmer using Java (at work), and a part-time 
> Just-A-Programmer using Ruby (at home) the things that I like about 
> Ruby that Java lacks:
>        + Reflection in Ruby blows away reflection in Java.
>        + Blocks
>        + Interoperability via JRuby if you need it
>        + Multiple return values
>        + No compile step
>        + Shorter, prettier code
>        + Runtime inheritance, singletons, etc
>        + First-class
         + Anonymous arrays
	 + Open classes 

> Things I really miss from Java:
>        + No IntelliJ IDEA (or Eclipse, which would be enough, but really, in 
> the end, no IDEA)
>        + Ruby standard library documentation navigation isn't as good as 
> Java's
>        + No general purpose O-R tool (Vapor (written by a Java guy I bet) for 
> Postgres, but I don't always use Postgres)
         + The Stream library

martin