On a piano, you might be able to use more fingers, but you are limited to
which sounds you can produce because each key is tuned to a specific note.
In thinking with fretless instruments (isn't a violin fretless?), you have a
continuous range of possible sounds. Of course some sound better than
others...
> I tend to think of Ruby as the Stratocaster of programming languages.
I would have pick a fine Olson
-- Jim Weirich
And that would make visual basic... the karaoke machine of programming
languages?
-----Original Message-----
From: DEBAUN, STEVE [AG-Contractor/2400] [mailto:steve.debaun@seminis.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 5:58 PM
To: ruby-talk ML
Subject: Musical Instruments and Programming Languages (was RE: ANN: InfoQ
Ruby Community "unlaunched")
Eh, looking at it from the other direction...
On a piano, you might be able to use more fingers, but you are limited to
which sounds you can produce because each key is tuned to a specific note.
In thinking with fretless instruments (isn't a violin fretless?), you have a
continuous range of possible sounds. Of course some sound better than
others...
> I tend to think of Ruby as the Stratocaster of programming languages.
I would have pick a fine Olson
-- Jim Weirich
And that would make visual basic... the karaoke machine of programming
languages?
If a violin is the equivalent of ruby code,
then my banjo must be the equivalent of trying to re-write all of ruby
in perl and then running it through a java VM......on windows!
路路路
On Fri, 2006-05-26 at 12:09 +0900, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
DEBAUN, STEVE [AG-Contractor/2400] wrote:
> And that would make visual basic... the karaoke machine of programming
> languages?
>
No, the viola ... as in "What's the difference between an onion and a
viola?"
"Nobody cries when you cut up a viola."
Or -- "A man drops a viola, a banjo and an accordion off the top of the
Empire State Building. Which one hits the ground first?"
"Who cares? As long as they all get smashed to bits!"
A: They are the same size, it's just that violinists heads are bigger. Ha
-----Original Message-----
From: Charlie Bowman [mailto:charlie@castlebranch.com]
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 8:38 AM
To: ruby-talk ML
Subject: Re: Musical Instruments and Programming Languages (was RE:
ANN:InfoQ Ruby Community "unlaunched")
If a violin is the equivalent of ruby code,
then my banjo must be the equivalent of trying to re-write all of ruby
in perl and then running it through a java VM......on windows!
On Fri, 2006-05-26 at 12:09 +0900, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
DEBAUN, STEVE [AG-Contractor/2400] wrote:
> And that would make visual basic... the karaoke machine of programming
> languages?
>
No, the viola ... as in "What's the difference between an onion and a
viola?"
"Nobody cries when you cut up a viola."
Or -- "A man drops a viola, a banjo and an accordion off the top of the
Empire State Building. Which one hits the ground first?"
"Who cares? As long as they all get smashed to bits!"
Q: What's the difference between a saxophone and a lawn mower?
A: Vibrato.
OK I'll stop now.
Steve
-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Fritz [mailto:Alan.Fritz@york.com]
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 7:43 AM
To: ruby-talk ML
Subject: Re: Musical Instruments and Programming Languages (was RE:
ANN:InfoQ Ruby Community "unlaunched")
Q: What's bigger, a viola or a violin?
A: They are the same size, it's just that violinists heads are bigger.
Ha ha!
-Alan
-----Original Message-----
From: Charlie Bowman [mailto:charlie@castlebranch.com]
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 8:38 AM
To: ruby-talk ML
Subject: Re: Musical Instruments and Programming Languages (was RE:
ANN:InfoQ Ruby Community "unlaunched")
If a violin is the equivalent of ruby code, then my banjo must be the
equivalent of trying to re-write all of ruby in perl and then running it
through a java VM......on windows!
On Fri, 2006-05-26 at 12:09 +0900, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
DEBAUN, STEVE [AG-Contractor/2400] wrote:
> And that would make visual basic... the karaoke machine of
> programming languages?
>
No, the viola ... as in "What's the difference between an onion and a
viola?"
"Nobody cries when you cut up a viola."
Or -- "A man drops a viola, a banjo and an accordion off the top of
the Empire State Building. Which one hits the ground first?"
"Who cares? As long as they all get smashed to bits!"
The violinists can double-stop, the fiddlers can triple.
-Alan
路路路
-----Original Message-----
From: James Britt [mailto:james_b@neurogami.com]
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 10:43 AM
To: ruby-talk ML
Subject: Re: Musical Instruments and Programming Languages (was RE:
ANN:InfoQ Ruby Community "unlaunched")
Molitor, Stephen L wrote:
Q: What's the definition of a quarter tone?
A: Two oboes playing in unison.
Q: What's the difference between a saxophone and a lawn mower?
