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Ruby might be messy, but I disagree entirely that it's ugly. It's one of the most enjoyable and human programming languages I've ever used, and is what I work i
by meesterdude 11y ago
Ruby might be messy, but I disagree entirely that it's ugly. It's one of the most enjoyable and human programming languages I've ever used, and is what I work in daily with much enjoyment and satisfaction.
- mbrock 11y agoI was in love with Ruby since way before Rails, and I still see the sparkle in its syntax. It's a strange kind of beauty, but beauty is weird. A horse can be ugly and beautiful at the same time...
- tomc1985 11y agoAgreed, it's still a multiple more expressive than the other languages I use daily
- erikpukinskis 11y agoHow do you define expressiveness quantitatively?
- tomc1985 11y agoAs in, my Ruby code generally has the least amount of implementation cruft compared to other languages. It would seem that it fits closest to how I think. Hashtables, resource locking, regular expressions, string formatting, are all things I have to deal with a lot and I like dealing with them in Ruby more than any other language. Also, reflection in Ruby is superb.