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Would be really cool if it wasn't Ruby.
by VectorLock 5y ago
Would be really cool if it wasn't Ruby.
- alekq 5y agoWhat is wrong Ruby? Which language would be "cool" choice?
- VectorLock 5y agoIn my opinion Python provides a better syntax in almost all areas. Ruby has been a language in decline for quite some time.
- adenozine 5y agoPygame recently hit 2.0, incorporating libsdl-2.0.0 after a long wait. Have you tried that? I think you're a bit off in describing Ruby as a language in decline. Rails startups are being built every single day, Hotwire is threatening yet another Rails renaissance as Ruby moves towards reactive web app technology, mruby is pushing forward into smaller areas, and TruffleRuby is moving forward into exceptionally performant Ruby code. This is all on top of 3.0, which brings all manner of improvements, most notably type annotations. I love Python as much as anybody, but I think they are equally respectable and equally popular in their own niches. Syntax is only a preference, there is much more to Ruby as a language than just the syntactic departures from Python code. It's a different model and encourages a different style of problem solving.
- amirrajan 5y ago> Python provides a better syntax in almost all areas Examples?
- VectorLock 5y agoThings I don't like about Ruby: %w{} et al., symbols, more implicit "magicy" things.
- vidarh 5y agoSyntax is extremely subjective. For my part Python's awful syntax is an important reason for why I avoid using it if I at all can (which is almost always).
- VectorLock 5y agoThats why I said "in my opinion."