G037H3
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Any other Ruby developers? :)
Pure Ruby or RoR, I don't care. Anyone else love this language? :D
Pure Ruby or RoR, I don't care. Anyone else love this language? :D
Is Ruby Still Relevant in the World of Programming?
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JaredJames
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I finally get around to learning Python and you go and swap focus. Not impressed.
G037H3
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JaredJames said:
Haha! It's too inflexible for me. I really prefer TMTOWTDI. I'm too right-brained I guess
Jocko Homo
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I do! I actually learned to program in it before learning Python...G037H3 said:
Having said that, I actually do more Python programming than Ruby although I still do a fair bit of Ruby programming. The problem is that while I prefer the Ruby syntax, Python still has a more mature implementation. For example, Python 3.0 has done away with lists as default containers and have moved onto generators. After all, you rarely actually need the list and, in the rare times that you do, you can make one out of your generator! Ruby is still using lists, for now...
Also, and this is the real kicker for me, there exists a good visual debugger for Python called WinPDB. Sadly, there's nothing like it for Ruby...
Negatron
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It was amongst the first programming languages I've learned. I still use it for occasional tinkering but it's far too slow for me to love, that and I very much dislike duck-typed programming.