Some years ago I wrote a magazine review regarding Visual Basic. At the time
I was informed by Microsoft that it was modelled after an earlier
incarnation of a program called "Ruby," by a fellow named Alan Cooper.
Would that be the same Ruby we are using today? I ask this because,
syntactically, it seems very much the same as Visual Basic. Thanks, Ike
Would that be the same Ruby we are using today?
no, see
http://www.cooper.com/alan/father_of_vb.html
Guy Decoux
ARRGGHHH! You must be kidding!
Don't say that PLEASE!
On 7/27/06, Ike <rxv@hotmail.com> wrote:
Some years ago I wrote a magazine review regarding Visual Basic. At the time
I was informed by Microsoft that it was modelled after an earlier
incarnation of a program called "Ruby," by a fellow named Alan Cooper.Would that be the same Ruby we are using today? I ask this because,
syntactically, it seems very much the same as Visual Basic. Thanks, Ike
Ike wrote:
I ask this because,
syntactically, it seems very much the same as Visual Basic.
Hmm. Not so much. Perhaps dotted notation separating elements? Even
then in Ruby that would be more along the lines of object.method,
whereas in VB it would be like function.property. Other than that I
don't see it. Even syntactically...
"Leslie Viljoen" <leslieviljoen@gmail.com> wrote in message
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On 7/27/06, Ike <rxv@hotmail.com> wrote:
Some years ago I wrote a magazine review regarding Visual Basic. At the
time
I was informed by Microsoft that it was modelled after an earlier
incarnation of a program called "Ruby," by a fellow named Alan Cooper.Would that be the same Ruby we are using today? I ask this because,
syntactically, it seems very much the same as Visual Basic. Thanks, IkeARRGGHHH! You must be kidding!
Don't say that PLEASE!
I don't like it either -- but SYNTACTICALLY there are many
similarities! -Ike
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Seriously though, about the only similarity I can think of is the lack
of semi-colons.
On 7/27/06, Ike <rxv@hotmail.com> wrote:
"Leslie Viljoen" <leslieviljoen@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On 7/27/06, Ike <rxv@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Some years ago I wrote a magazine review regarding Visual Basic. At the
>> time
>> I was informed by Microsoft that it was modelled after an earlier
>> incarnation of a program called "Ruby," by a fellow named Alan Cooper.
>>
>> Would that be the same Ruby we are using today? I ask this because,
>> syntactically, it seems very much the same as Visual Basic. Thanks, Ike
>
> ARRGGHHH! You must be kidding!
> Don't say that PLEASE!
>I don't like it either -- but SYNTACTICALLY there are many
similarities! -Ike
Uh.. not as many curly brackets as C? " if " statements?
That's two similarities. I'm sure if we all pitch in, we can find some
more..
;D
On 7/27/06, Ike <rxv@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Would that be the same Ruby we are using today? I ask this because,
>> syntactically, it seems very much the same as Visual Basic. Thanks, Ike
>
> ARRGGHHH! You must be kidding!
> Don't say that PLEASE!
>I don't like it either -- but SYNTACTICALLY there are many
similarities! -Ike
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Those are FAR too general... I can count hundreds of languages with less
braces than C and if statements that end in ENDIFs. BTW, ENDIF is BASIC, not
proprietary to VB 
On 7/27/06, Daniel Baird <danielbaird@gmail.com> wrote:
On 7/27/06, Ike <rxv@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> Would that be the same Ruby we are using today? I ask this because,
> >> syntactically, it seems very much the same as Visual Basic. Thanks,
Ike
> >
> > ARRGGHHH! You must be kidding!
> > Don't say that PLEASE!
> >
>
> I don't like it either -- but SYNTACTICALLY there are many
> similarities! -Ike
>Uh.. not as many curly brackets as C? " if " statements?
That's two similarities. I'm sure if we all pitch in, we can find some
more..;D
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"They're both programming languages."
That might work.
On Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 11:13:13PM +0900, Daniel Baird wrote:
Uh.. not as many curly brackets as C? " if " statements?
That's two similarities. I'm sure if we all pitch in, we can find some
more..
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"Leslie Viljoen" <leslieviljoen@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:f204810a0607270629y5117c911m18bb17b9c1b05a34@mail.gmail.com...Seriously though, about the only similarity I can think of is the lack
of semi-colons.
In particular, the control structure syntax and lack of semicolons (and,
thank God, blocks are NOT, unlike Python, a function of the tabbings!). I
mean, overall, say, converting a snippet of java/php/c++ code to another of
those types, is syntactically similar. Here, it seems, that a lot of legacy
VB code out there can (and then subsequently SHOULD!) be converted to Ruby.
-Ike
To be clear, its not ENDIF in VB, its End If (and just End in Ruby of
course).
On 7/27/06, Son SonOfLilit <sonoflilit@gmail.com> wrote:
Those are FAR too general... I can count hundreds of languages with less
braces than C and if statements that end in ENDIFs. BTW, ENDIF is BASIC,
not
proprietary to VBOn 7/27/06, Daniel Baird <danielbaird@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 7/27/06, Ike <rxv@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >> Would that be the same Ruby we are using today? I ask this because,
> > >> syntactically, it seems very much the same as Visual Basic. Thanks,
> Ike
> > >
> > > ARRGGHHH! You must be kidding!
> > > Don't say that PLEASE!
> > >
> >
> > I don't like it either -- but SYNTACTICALLY there are many
> > similarities! -Ike
> >
>
> Uh.. not as many curly brackets as C? " if " statements?
> That's two similarities. I'm sure if we all pitch in, we can find some
> more..
>
> ;D
>
> --
> Daniel Baird
> http://tiddlyspot.com (free, effortless TiddlyWiki hosting)
> http://danielbaird.com (TiddlyW;nks! :: Whiteboard Koala :: Blog ::
Things
> That Suck)
>
Well everything should be converted to Ruby, but perhaps you should
work a little more in Ruby first, to confirm your hypothesis!
Les
On 7/28/06, Ike <rxv@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> "Leslie Viljoen" <leslieviljoen@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:f204810a0607270629y5117c911m18bb17b9c1b05a34@mail.gmail.com...
> Seriously though, about the only similarity I can think of is the lack
> of semi-colons.In particular, the control structure syntax and lack of semicolons (and,
thank God, blocks are NOT, unlike Python, a function of the tabbings!). I
mean, overall, say, converting a snippet of java/php/c++ code to another of
those types, is syntactically similar. Here, it seems, that a lot of legacy
VB code out there can (and then subsequently SHOULD!) be converted to Ruby.
"Brian Hutchison" <b.hutchison@gmail.com> writes:
To be clear, its not ENDIF in VB, its End If (and just End in Ruby of
course).
And in the very old times, "end if" worked in Ruby too.
(Guess why that was removed...)
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