I've read about Ruby recently, too. I don't consider myself a hard-core
programmer (I briefly used Pascal, Ada, and Prolog back in grad school many
years ago), but I also am thinking of trying to pick up another language and
am leaning towards an OO language. Ben Forta mentioned the other night in
Austin that Java is fairly difficult to learn. Anyone have any thoughts on
how easy it would be to learn Ruby?
For those interested, here are a couple of bookmarks:
http://pragmaticprogrammer.com/ruby/links.html
http://pragmaticprogrammer.com/ruby/index.html
http://www.informit.com/content/index.asp?session_id={86FE49CC-6688-4694-BE8
0-8DE43FDD570A}&product_id={A76D1D1E-AD7D-483E-AB8D-38FB188396C5} (also has
other links about Ruby on this page; requires account at informit.com -
free)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hal Helms [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 7:12 PM
>
> Since we're all jumping in, I'd like to suggest a new language: Ruby. This
> is a true OO language that is more popular in Japan than PHP. The guys who
> wrote the book, The Pragmatic Programmer, describe it as the
> first language
> they've been excited about in 10 years.
>
> Obviously, Java is a safer bet, but Ruby is far more interesting.
>
> Hal Helms
> Team Allaire
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