Whatever; if you're not programming Turing machines made from two rocks and
a roll of toilet paper, then you're not a REAL coder.

On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 11:18 AM, Ethan Gruber <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> 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
> > > [log in to unmask]
> > > 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/
> > >
> >
>