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Yeah... Ruby's very nice and feels Perl-ish sometimes.

• freedomben 8y ago
  Yep, if you like Perl you've got to spend some time with Ruby. It shares a heritage. Many of the people I used to Perl with moved over and were (and are) very happy. That said many of the "perl-isms" in Ruby are looked down upon by the community, but you can still use them ;-)
  • tluyben2 8y ago
    I programmed Perl for many years and Ruby as well; I see the similarities but I very much prefer Perl and find idiomatic Ruby not very pleasant to read or write. Matter of taste ofcourse.
• bdcravens 8y ago
  That's intentional. https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/about/ https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/about/ "Ruby is a language of careful balance. Its creator, Yukihiro “Matz” Matsumoto, blended parts of his favorite languages (Perl, Smalltalk, Eiffel, Ada, and Lisp) ..."
  • roberto 8y ago
    The name "Ruby" is also a play on "Perl" ("pearl").