Hi Roberto Ruby have 11 position in language from tiobe ranking http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html Follow is good trend of Ruby http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/paperinfo/tpci/Ruby.html
The better choice for business/database programmers are : Harbour, because in 4gl spirit include data manipulation in token of language and not only in class Rubi as easy dynamic, interpreted ,language that integrated with a framework like rail and SQL Module will done works Delphi .or Vb.net way but with an Client server database like Ms sql server or Postgress Microsoft access (that with 2010 version will allow true web application), and will be a highly productive platform where develop Other choice can be Oracle Form,Powerbuilder, PeopleTools and SiebelTool or at least 4 dimension or filemaker The true advantage in software Development is not OOP but sql languages that allow write easy program also if a good class is easy to use like demonstrated by vb paradigm 2010/3/16 Roberto Lopez <[email protected]>: > pete_westg wrote: > > <...> >> >> I know, OOP is established as main stream programming style but > > <...> > > This is true, but not fully true :) > > Think on Visual Basic. > > It become the most popular programming language in the world in 90's, but it > do not allowed class creation until version 4.0. > > Besides that, most of the programs created with VB that I've seen, do not > use classes. > > Users simply create forms with the designer and refers to the objects > visually created, in a simple, straight (non-true OOP) way (ie: > form1.button1.SetFocus). > > This behavior is consistent with xBase spirit. > > dBase III+ and its succesors had simplified the things for the users. > > Sadly, sometime in the way to evolution, Clipper suffered the influence of > some products 'in fashion' by the end of 80's (SmallTalk, C++, Pascal, etc.) > and become more complicated and low level that in previous versions. > > By the other hand, FoxPro evolved to VFP that used the VB model and was very > successfull (despite MS policies about it :) ). > > Now, the idea of an easy to use, user friendly and smart OOP still alive and > is very succefull in the Ruby programming language. > > > The Ruby creator (Yukihiro Matsumoto) had said this, about his language: > > "Often people, especially computer engineers, focus on the machines. They > think, "By doing this, the machine will run faster. By doing this, the > machine will run more effectively. By doing this, the machine will something > something something." They are focusing on machines. But in fact we need to > focus on humans, on how humans care about doing programming or operating the > application of the machines. We are the masters. They are the slaves." > > An important part of the mainstream is occuped by VB and Ruby today. > > I'm fully sure that sooner or later this concept will prevail and that > bussiness/database programmers will not feel obligated to use low level > tools anymore. > >> I don't think that they're proved all the benefits that it is supposed >> that it has. > > I fully agree, of course :) > > Regards, > > Roberto. > > > _______________________________________________ > Harbour-users mailing list (attachment size limit: 40KB) > [email protected] > http://lists.harbour-project.org/mailman/listinfo/harbour-users > -- Massimo Belgrano _______________________________________________ Harbour-users mailing list (attachment size limit: 40KB) [email protected] http://lists.harbour-project.org/mailman/listinfo/harbour-users
