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I hope MagLev does great things for the Ruby community. I like the language, but keep away from it because of lack of a formal spec and the slow implementation.
by GeneralMaximus 18y ago
I hope MagLev does great things for the Ruby community. I like the language, but keep away from it because of lack of a formal spec and the slow implementation. I suspect most potential users have the same reasons for not giving Ruby a go.
- ilkhd2 18y agoAgree.
- jamesbritt 18y ago"I suspect most potential users have the same reasons for not giving Ruby a go." Reasons I've heard for not using Ruby: - Already know and like <Python|Lisp|Blub> - It's like Python, but Python has more robust libs, so I'm learning Python - Dynamic typing leads to serious bugs in non-trivial apps - It's slow - I hate the syntax - I'd like to use it, but my boss insists on <Java|PHP|Blub> Slow isn't usually the first concern I hear. Besides, JRuby and Ruby 1.9 alleviate the speed issue; JRuby alleviates the library concern.