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I think modern perl was (is) all about standardizing on what frameworks and conventions to use. It was a unifying of ideas. I suppose for python, with its mott
by esaym 12y ago
I think modern perl was (is) all about standardizing on what frameworks and conventions to use. It was a unifying of ideas.
I suppose for python, with its motto of 'one way to do it', doesn't suffer from a need to unify.
That is one of the reasons I have never been able to pick up either ruby or python. I just find them boring.
I was given the chance to take over some ruby projects at work recently. I powered through some popular ruby and rails books over the weekends, not in an attempt to learn ruby, but trying to learn cool hacks with it. You know, stuff to impress people with. The 'hubris' that perl people love. And well, I couldn't find any.
- Doctor_Fegg 12y agoThat's fair enough. That said, I like Ruby (and have all but abandoned Perl for it) because you can be productive without having to learn cool hacks.
- pjungwir 12y agoAt our Portland Ruby meetup we used to have "Ruby Hangman." You might enjoy working through some of the old puzzles: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/pdxruby/hangman https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/pdxruby/hangman It is a bit like Perl Golf, although the desired number of characters is known beforehand.