All languages other than assembly are boutique and must be eliminated like
the cancer that they are.


On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 11:14 AM, Ross Singer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> What would you consider a "boutique" language?  What isn't?
>
> -Ross.
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 10:21 AM, Rich Wenger <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > The proliferation of boutique "languages" is a cancer on our community.
> >  Each one is a YAP (Yet Another Priesthood), and little else.  The world
> > does not need five slightly varying syntaxes for a substring function.
> If I
> > had switched languages every time the web community "recommended" it, I
> > would have rewritten a mountain of apps at least twice in the past five
> > years.  What's next, a separate language to put periods at the end of
> > sentences? Just my $.02.  That is all.
> >
> > Rich Wenger
> > E-Resource Systems Manager, MIT Libraries
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> > 617-253-0035
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> > Joshua Welker
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 9:56 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Python and Ruby
> >
> > I am already a big user of PHP for web apps, but PHP does not make a
> > fantastic scripting language in my experience.
> >
> > Josh Welker
> > Information Technology Librarian
> > James C. Kirkpatrick Library
> > University of Central Missouri
> > Warrensburg, MO 64093
> > JCKL 2260
> > 660.543.8022
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> > Riley Childs
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 8:18 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Python and Ruby
> >
> > No mention of PHP?
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On Jul 30, 2013, at 9:14 AM, Kurt Nordstrom <[log in to unmask]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Whoohoo, late to the party!
> > >
> > > I like Python because I learned it first, and I haven't had a need to
> > > explore Ruby yet.
> > >
> > > I did briefly foray into learning Ruby in order to try to learn Rails,
> > > and I actually found that my background in Python sort of gave me
> > > brain-jam for learning Ruby, because the languages were so close
> > > together, but just different in some ways. So my mind would be 'oh, so
> > > it's just <insert Python idiom here> but then, it's not. If I tackle
> > > Ruby again, I will definitely try to 'empty my cup' first.
> > >
> > > -K
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 8:55 AM, Marc Chantreux <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >
> > >> hello,
> > >>
> > >> Sorry comming late with it but:
> > >>
> > >> On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 10:43:33AM -0500, Joshua Welker wrote:
> > >>> Not intending to start a language flame war/holy war here, but in
> > >>> the library coding community, is there a particular reason to use
> > >>> Ruby over Python or vice-versa?
> > >>
> > >> Is it the only choices you have? Because I'd personnally advice none
> > >> of them
> > >>
> > >> I tested both of them before stucking to Perl just because
> > >>
> > >> * it is very pleasant when it come to explore and modify
> > >> datastructures  and strings (which library things are).
> > >> * the ecosystem is briliant: perl comes with lot of libraries and
> > >> tools  with a quality i haven't found in other languages.
> > >>
> > >> Of course, perl is not perfect and i really would like to use a
> > >> modern emerging compiled language like go, rust, haskell or even
> > >> something on the jvm (like clojure or the emerging perl6) but all of
> > >> them miss libraries.
> > >>
> > >> HTH
> > >> regards
> > >> --
> > >> Marc Chantreux
> > >> Université de Strasbourg, Direction Informatique
> > >> 14 Rue René Descartes,
> > >> 67084  STRASBOURG CEDEX
> > >> ☎: 03.68.85.57.40
> > >> http://unistra.fr
> > >> "Don't believe everything you read on the Internet"
> > >>    -- Abraham Lincoln
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > http://www.blar.net/kurt/blog/
> >
>