not at all, it's dynamically typed, this would be valid x="hello" x=1
y=x y.to_s => "1" On 4/19/06, Munson, Jacob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Are you saying that Ruby (and hence RoR) is a strictly typed language? > That's enough to turn me off right there... > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Zaphod Beeblebrox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 11:35 AM > > > > I thought that same way until I really got into creating some > > applications > > with it. To me it's unbelievable how much stuff is available in that > > framework. I think where most people get hung up is on > > comparing Rails to > > CF. Rails is a framework that provides a lot of > > functionality for you. > > Ruby, the underlying language would be the comparison to CF. > > In my opinion, > > Ruby comes out stronger because it's not only a web app language, it's > > available straight from the command prompt if you like. > > Plus, it's not > > stuck in the middle like CF is, in that CF is a loosely typed > > language built > > on top of a strictly typed language which causes some pain. > > Ruby is built > > ground up as an object language for which each object has > > standard methods > > of to_i, to_s, etc. > > > [INFO] -- Access Manager: > This transmission may contain information that is privileged, confidential > and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the > intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, > distribution, or use of the information contained herein (including any > reliance thereon) is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you received this transmission > in error, please immediately contact the sender and destroy the material in > its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. A2 > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:238202 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
