Over the past several months I have been studying a lot, looking for the perfect language that I enjoyed for working on desktop applications as well as RIA/Web applications. The languages I have purchased/used/enjoyed include: Delphi 2009 C# 3.0 Realbasic 2008 Revolution Ruby Python Objective C Adobe Flex/Actionscript 3 Lua Ni
If you really look at these, they are all slowly drifting towards commonality. They all started at different points but with each iteration of features, they are beginning to look alike. Compare C# and Actionscript for instance, you cannot hardly tell which is which (and throw java in there also). My point is that languages are irrelevant as far as users are concerned. They were more relevant 10 years ago as the limitations were pretty visible. There is an argument that vendor-native languages have an advantage (C#/VB .net on Windows or Objective C for OS X). These languages enjoy the greatest amount of native look-feel early in the game but the others catch up pretty quickly. The language selection is important for us though, both in terms of speed of development, unit testing capability and ease of deployment. The other thing is that with RESTful/SOAP/RPC-XML/AMFPHP/etc, standardized frameworks are actually becoming more strategic in architecture decision making, not language. Much of the Business Intelligence can now reside there, segregating the "View" to whatever language you find best to draw on the screen. I somehow sense a feeling of "second-class" amongst some when using Rev. Rev is to the original Hypercard what PC Basic was to VB .net. If anyone has taken a spin with VB .net 2008, its as complex/difficult as C#. The old joke that the difference between C++ and VB was 3 months has long gone. After 2 months of trying it, I decided C# was an easier language! Code on Revvers! Neal Campbell Abroham Neal Software Programming Services for Windows, OS X and Linux (540) 242 0911 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Try Spot for OS X, the intelligent DXCluster Client at www.abrohamnealsoftware.com - $15.99 ------------------------------------------------- For a great dog book, visit www.abrohamneal.com ------------------------------------------------- See the FlexRadio Systems Flex-5000a in action at www.flex-videos.com On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 11:11 AM, Richard Gaskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mark Smith wrote: >> >> Just recently, I told one company I'm working with that I'm using a >> scripting language called revolution. They didn't seem worried. >> >> Perhaps the phrase "scripting language" might once have caused concern, >> but given the prevalence of perl, php, ruby and python, I don't think it >> worries many people these days. > > True, I think the plethora of very capable VHLs has brought us to a sort of > Golden Age for scripting. At last we get some respect. :) > > For years I've been referring folks to this article that I first came across > via Scott Raney: > > Scripting: Higher Level Programming > for the 21st Century > John K. Ousterhout > <http://www.tcl.tk/doc/scripting.html> > > While focused on TCL, all the arguments he makes there for the inherent > productivity of typeless languages applies equally well to Transcript. > > More recently Geoff Canyon turned me on to this one: > > In Praise of Scripting: Real Programming Pragmatism > Ronald P. Loui > <http://www.cse.wustl.edu/~loui/praiseieee.txt> > > When I get some free time (yeah, right), I plan to put these and other > references together into a "Why Revolution?" article for my site. > > I think Rev offers a unique blend of strengths that even in spite of its > weaknesses make it a strong candidate for a broad range of vertical-market > applications. It doesn't take much nudging to present a good case for it, > but hopefully such an article will simplify such conversations. > > In the meantime, perhaps the strongest case could be made by simply getting > the good folks at RunRev to flesh out their listing of apps made with Rev. > Nothing makes a more compelling argument than tangible results. > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Managing Editor, revJournal > _______________________________________________________ > Rev tips, tutorials and more: http://www.revJournal.com > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
