On Feb 20, 2007, at 1:08 PM, Peter De Berdt wrote: >> I do a lot of work in Python, again mostly non-GUI work, and the ease >> of test-driven-development there is considerably more productive than >> coding in anything else including RB. > > O so true > >> Note that an excellent environment (Active State's Komodo) makes a >> difference. Komodo is a Python, Ruby, XSLT etc. IDE. > > For Ruby and Rails: TextMate (really, TextMate :-)), Komodo and > RadRails are not bad either, but TextMate is really the best IDE out > there for Rails. > >> The Artima weblog discussion 'What are your Ruby Pain Points?" may >> help you >> http://www.artima.com/forums/flat.jsp?forum=106&thread=195717 >> >> My bottom-line for both Python and Ruby is that neither comes close >> to REALbasic for GUI app productivity, even using wxPython as a >> cross- >> platform framework which is a nicer experience than using wxWidgets >> with c++. > > Indeed, REALbasic is great for designing attractive interfaces > without being a Photoshop whizzkid. > >> However, if you need to write some data crunching logic, I'd lean to >> Python over REALbasic. It's sufficiently close that there's little >> dissonance moving back and forth. Ruby is like a cleaner, more OO- >> pure Perl so code tends to look weird to REALbasic/Java/C++ eyes. > > Very true/ For serious number crunching, I wouldn't even use Ruby but > either Python, Java or C++.
What do you guys mean by "serious number crunching"? Charles Yeomans _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
