Sebastian Smith wrote:
> I really only use two languages: C++, and PERL. It's rare,
> but I will use C, and Java as well (I guess you can count BASH
> too). I use C++ for larger projects, and PERL for quick and
> dirty solutions (I usually relearn PERL everytime I use it).
> PERL usually causes a little hair pulling when it comes to
> object oriented programming, which usually ends up as a messy
> hackish program that simulates OO. This is without a doubt
> due to my lack of experience with the language.
First, Perl is by far the language I'm most fluent and most
efficient in. By some twisted act of fate, I've been cursed
with the ability to visually parse most perl code, so that's
another hurdle leapt.
Sebastian, no, ugly OO Perl code has nothing to do with
inexperience. OO Perl is the ugliest hack I've ever seen, and
it hurts my eyes everytime I've used it. That said, it's also
one of the most flexible OO implementations, vicious eye-sores
aside.
> On a side note I'm interested in learning Python and Ruby.
Funny you should mention that. Ruby is the only modern
scripting language I've found that rivals Perl's run-time
class/object flexibility. (Think Smalltalk, for those of you who
remember it.) And its syntax is clean, too. It retains a lot
of the Perl-style regex syntax, as well as allowing Python-style
syntax.
Ruby is teh kewl.
Python... Python is the Java of the scripting languages: clean,
readable, predictable, strict, and really doesn't make anyone's
job easier... just easier to read.
That concludes this chapter of "$MY_LANGUAGE > $YOUR_LANGUAGE."
Cheers!
Tim
--
Show me something that beats a Natural Twenty,
and I'll show you hateful LIES!
-- Red Mage, 8-Bit Theater <http://nuklearpower.com/>
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