On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 2:13 PM, Fily Salas <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
> Thank you for your comments! > > Well, it looks like I miss-understood when I read that Ruby was designed > to be a general programming language, also I thought it was since they > often compare it to Java, C++, and mainly Python. Any way I will give it > a try, the language has a very clear syntax that no one can resist to > learn it, plus RoR is a big reason. > Ruby *is* a general purpose programming language. It is interpreted, as are Python and PHP, which means that compiled languages, like C or C++ or Java, will be faster. That doesn't mean it *couldn't* be used to write desktop applications, just that you probably wouldn't choose it to write a 3D graphics engine. (fwiw, PHP is not a general purpose language; it's designed to be used on the web). > > One last question, if someone would to ask you why you USE or why you > SHOULD use Ruby over PHP, Java or Python what would you say? You *should *use Ruby if you enjoy programming with it. You can't know that unless you spend some time using it. > > > Thanks a lot! > > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
