On 2/14/07, Hans Fugal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Then you truly do not understand the world. The world is not Java vs. C vs. the script kiddies.
Sure it is. Just read slashdot.
Perl is completely and utterly different from python and ruby at its core (or vice versa as perl was here first). Python and ruby are perhaps more alike, but still fundamentally different in their spheres.
Fair enough.
In one sense, moving from Java to any scripting language will give you considerable benefit/insight/whatever, in another sense that is just the tip of the iceberg. I suppose you have to take that first step though.
I've used dynamic languages before, I don't think I'm *that* uninitiated. Maybe you're right. I'll find out shortly.
I think Ruby would be a good fit for you because of JRuby. It's a fast-moving project with some amazing potential (including addressing the speed issue and interop with existing and future Java code), and now with paid full-time developers thanks to Sun. Ruby has, imho, the most supportive fun fantastic community (aside from the more traditional buzz of the rails community), and the most mind-bending paradigm shifting power (that's a good thing) of any of the alternatives except perhaps smalltalk. There's my plug. 1. http://jruby.codehaus.org/
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