From: Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@...>
Date: 2003-12-01T22:55:28+09:00
Subject: Re: anything disappearing from Ruby for 2.0?

On Monday, December 1, 2003, 3:22:10 AM, Chris wrote:

> Gavri Savio Fernandez wrote:

>> > I want to add the observation that the Perlisms in Ruby were
>> > a major (perhaps
>> > *the* major) factor that put me off the language when I
>> > looked at it a year or
>> > so ago.
>>
>> i mean, i can understand that you would have been turned off initially,
>> but do you still feel that they are a problem for you?
>> or did u mention that you were initially put off because it indicates
>> that it would be a problem when ruby is advocated as an alternative to
>> other languages.

> Well, it's difficult to tell whether I'd have changed my mind after a while,
> but the Perlisms *did* put me off Ruby, which is why I never did start to use
> it.

It's a totally alien concept to me that the Perlisms should put
someone off Ruby.  They may be ugly, but if everyone acknowledges
that, then isn't that OK?  Don't get me wrong, I've seen some nasty
looking Ruby code in my time, but I've barely seen any code that uses
the Perlisms.  They seem to exist in theory only (and in some
sysadmins' tool chest, which noone should hold against them).

> I'm still interested, though, so I lurk here occasionally, and watch
> developments with hope.

>     -- chris

Gavin