Yuck for ruby, I would prefer groovy over ruby and grails of RoR.
On 9/6/07, Michael E. Carluen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sean, Michael, Andrew... > > Any thoughts on Ruby and Python? > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Sean Corfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 8:57 AM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Re: PHP or .Net? > > > > On 9/5/07, Ali Majdzadeh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > For about 5 years I am using CF as my main devloping laguage but many > > experienced programmers suggested I learn another programming language > too > > because CF is great but not as popular as PHP or .Net > > > Which one do you suggest as the second language I learn? The only > thing > > I ever used is Coldfusion. > > > > I don't think you'll actually learn anything new from PHP but you may > > find it easier to pick up if you've only done CF. I think PHP is a > > *horrible* language but a lot of people think I'm a bit of a language > > purist (I've designed a couple of languages and written compilers and > > interpreters so I probably have a different view of languages to most > > folks :) > > > > C# / .NET will be a good learning experience in terms of new concepts > > and it's fairly marketable. Java would also be a similarly good > > learning experience (and is also fairly marketable). > > > > I generally suggest that folks learn new languages for the concepts > > they can teach rather than how marketable a specific language is - the > > more languages you know, the easier it is to pick up the marketable > > languages - and unusual languages teach you a lot more than mainstream > > languages, in terms of techniques (many of which will make you a > > better CF programmer!). Consequently, I recommend learning unusual > > stuff like Smalltalk, Prolog and Haskell... > > -- > > Sean A Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN > > An Architect's View -- http://corfield.org/ > > > > "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." > > -- Margaret Atwood > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Enterprise web applications, build robust, secure scalable apps today - Try it now ColdFusion Today ColdFusion 8 beta - Build next generation apps Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:287857 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
