Let me first thank you for the reply regarding the language Ruby.But my question was that why should a programmer opt for Ruby/RoR instead of using tradational/commonly used Java/J2EE framework.
What makes it so special that the entire open source community has got attracted to it?? Can someone tell me this. Nikhil. Namita Iyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: nikhil bharadwaj wrote: > hi all, > > I have seen a lot of discussion regarding the Ruby,RoR and the Selenium. > But what is the advantage if I use it as an alternative from other available > languages like Perl,PHP,Python. > > Nikhil. > Hi Nikhil, Features wise, all would be more or less the same. (Strangely, Ruby does not support unicode yet, in spite of the creator being Japanese) Ease of use or syntax preference, again, is programmer dependent. One approach could be to compare the performance of the languages in different scenarios (math computation, network communication, i/o, parsing etc.) and use the best suited for the job. Here is one good link which compares different languages, based on the time they take to execute the fractals algo: http://www.timestretch.com/FractalBenchmark.html You could also take a look at an earlier discussion (along similar lines) that took place on this list: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/twincling/message/3655 Namita
