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By Ruby programmers. And clearly other people – or we wouldn't be seeing those syntax elements in other languages. Why is it that Ruby programmers are incapab
by matthewmacleod 11y ago
By Ruby programmers.
And clearly other people – or we wouldn't be seeing those syntax elements in other languages.
Why is it that Ruby programmers are incapable of imagining anyone doesn't love Ruby?
They're perfectly capable of that, and I think you've let your own prejudices cloud your judgement.
I've yet to meet a Ruby programmer who doesn't believe that Ruby is the best thing since sliced Jesus.
Hello, pleased to meet you. I'm a mostly-Ruby programmer who is well aware that the language is not suited to every task. Need high performance? Look elsewhere. Need a highly reliable service? Something that would benefit from static typing? Systems-level tools? Same. Ruby is a pain to deploy and has lots of irritating legacy cruft.
What this doesn't mean is that the statement "that pile of junk that is ruby" is anything other than a fucking stupid thing to say.
- joeminichino 11y agoyeah sure - I was a bit troll-ish in the language. Let me elaborate. Imba is a spin-off of javascript intended for front-end use whose syntax is a mix of coffeescript, jsx and python as well Ruby imho; that said, please name a single use case in which Ruby will be without a doubt the #1 language for performance, scalability and all the other aspects involved in maintaining a business (including availability of programmers). Ruby is only second to PHP, which is just unreedemable (I'm even certified on it... http://www.zend.com/en/yellow-pages/ZEND005898 http://www.zend.com/en/yellow-pages/ZEND005898 so don't think I'd refrain from criticizing languages I know, even very well).