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As a Perl programmer I didn’t get the hype of Ruby. Then I wrote my dissertation on it. I still didn’t get it. Python is fine and I see it’s strengths and weakn
by peteretep 6y ago
As a Perl programmer I didn’t get the hype of Ruby. Then I wrote my dissertation on it. I still didn’t get it. Python is fine and I see it’s strengths and weaknesses but Ruby is just hipster Perl and doesn’t have Moose. Don’t, as they say on Twitter, “at” me.
- elliottkember 6y agoI think you’re making the classic mistake of confusing Ruby with Rails.
- x86ARMsRace 6y agoWhich is an oddly pervasive mistake! I had a coworker once assume since I knew Ruby the language, that I'd be completely comfortable with Ruby on Rails' Active Record system.
- elliottkember 6y agoAbsolutely. I learned Ruby at the same time as Rails, and then when I started using Ruby by itself I saw how much heavy lifting ActiveSupport had been doing for me.
- ipnon 6y agoRails seems to land best with those having an Intimate and Arcane Knowledge of the Ye Old Webbe and Its Attendant Developmente.
- jeremyjh 6y agoGP is talking about Rails.