More "Ruby for Java developers"

ruby-talk
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There's a new article on IBM developerWorks called "Ruby off the Rails":

http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/j-ruby/

It's pointing out various nifty things about Ruby for those Java
developers (and other folks) whose only interaction with Ruby has been
via Rails. It's a "Ruby's good for Rails, and good on its own, too"
kind of thing.

I like the section headings... "Collections done right", good stuff.

Yours,

Tom

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Tom Copeland:

There's a new article on IBM developerWorks called "Ruby off the Rails":

http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/j-ruby/

Huh, it is really written from a very Javanese perspective:

First, Ruby has no brackets or semicolons, and it makes types completely
optional.

But apart from that, of course, it's always nice to see people understanding
where Ruby can help them better than other langauges.

Malte

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Ruby has lots of brackets and braces. And you can use semi-colons.
And it is a strongly-typed language.

Grr.

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On 12/23/05, Malte Milatz <malte__@gmx-topmail.de> wrote:

Tom Copeland:
> There's a new article on IBM developerWorks called "Ruby off the Rails":
>
> http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/j-ruby/

Huh, it is really written from a very Javanese perspective:

> First, Ruby has no brackets or semicolons, and it makes types completely
> optional.

But apart from that, of course, it's always nice to see people understanding
where Ruby can help them better than other langauges.

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Joe Van Dyk:

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On 12/23/05, Malte Milatz <malte__@gmx-topmail.de> wrote:

> First, Ruby has no brackets or semicolons, and it makes types
> completely optional.

Ruby has lots of brackets and braces. And you can use semi-colons. And it
is a strongly-typed language.

Yea - that's why I quoted the above sentence. :wink:

Malte