Topher Cyll wrote: >> It seems to me that we have never really addressed the question of how >> the language is used to write actual scripts. 'Scripting' is not a >> precisely defined activity, of course, but it seems to me that scripting >> often does not require defining new classes. >> >> For example, it's perfectly possible to define classes in Perl, but for >> most scripts I never do. > > I would just caution, this may be a symptom of Perl's broken class > system. I tend not to define classes when I script in Perl either, > but when I'm scripting with Ruby (even simple things) it's not > uncommon for me to define my own classes.
Perl's class system is no more broken than C's :) What makes you choose Perl for some scripts and Ruby for others, if you don't mind me asking? > Anyways, good questions you raised! > Toph Thank you! Mike _______________________________________________ help-smalltalk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-smalltalk
