On Feb 20, 2007, at 20:59 UTC, Seth Willits wrote:

> On Feb 20, 2007, at 8:33 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> > No.  I spent a day learning and working with Ruby once.  It was neat
> > (especially from a "language theorist" point of view), but not
> nearly
> > as productive as RB. My first day in RB, I accomplished some real
> and
> > interesting tasks; the same was not true for me with Ruby.
> 
> Errr.... 1 day with Ruby vs years with REALbasic?

No, the comparison was 1 day with Ruby vs. 1 day with REALbasic.

> That said, I don't think you can compare RB to Ruby at all because  
> they simply have different purposes. REALbasic is an xplat  
> _application_ development environment, Ruby is not. Comparing them is
> rather pointless if you ask me.

True; also, Ruby is a scripting language, REALbasic is a programming
language.  A better comparison would be Ruby vs. Python.

> Now when Swordfish comes around...

Swordfish is unnecessary.  Apparently I'm giving a talk about this at
REAL World this year.  :)

Best,
- Joe

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Joe Strout -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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