Re: [Boston.pm] re PHP Succeeding / Perl vs Python / etc

2005-11-07 Thread Ben Tilly
On 11/7/05, Bogart Salzberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > I would be curious to hear from someone who actually knows Python/ > Ruby and Perl. Which one would he/she rather use to accomplish > typical tasks of varying scopes? Forget benchmarks and keystrokes for > a moment. Which one would

Re: [Boston.pm] re PHP Succeeding / Perl vs Python / etc

2005-11-07 Thread Tolkin, Steve
Ruby should use ARUBA -- All RUBy Algorithms. (Even more off topic -- but I couldn't resist.) Hopefully helpfully yours, Steve --- Steven Tolkin There is nothing so practical as a good theory. Comments are by me, not Fidelity Investments, its subsidiaries or affiliates. -Original

Re: [Boston.pm] re PHP Succeeding / Perl vs Python / etc

2005-11-07 Thread Richard Morse
On Nov 7, 2005, at 1:54 PM, Chris Ball wrote: > I find all three approachable -- Perl's staying power for me is mostly > in the CPAN, and that it's the default language amongst my co-workers. > If Ruby had CPAN-sized CRAN and Perl didn't, I'd be a Ruby programmer. Hi! Totally off-topic, but

Re: [Boston.pm] re PHP Succeeding / Perl vs Python / etc

2005-11-07 Thread Chris Ball
>> On 7 Nov 2005 11:52:59, Bogart Salzberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > I would be curious to hear from someone who actually knows Python/ > Ruby and Perl. Which one would he/she rather use to accomplish > typical tasks of varying scopes? Forget benchmarks and keystrokes > for a

Re: [Boston.pm] re PHP Succeeding / Perl vs Python / etc

2005-11-07 Thread Kate Wood
I use both Python and Perl in my everyday work, and the answer would have to be "depends on the job." We run a very open shop in regards to what language can be used, as long as it accomplishes the task, and our tasks are varied. I use Python particularly when working in conjunction with one of

Re: [Boston.pm] re PHP Succeeding / Perl vs Python / etc

2005-11-07 Thread Bogart Salzberg
I'd rather learn Python from scratch than continue to use PHP for any but the simplest projects. I was optimistic about PHP5's beefed-up C++-like object orientation, but then I tried to use it. It makes C++ seem intuitive. I still maintain that PHP wins the convenience/approachability award