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Ross's list was great. I will add that for screen scraping, Ruby has Mechanize <https://github.com/sparklemotion/mechanize>, which makes most static page interaction pretty easy. On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 3:03 PM, Jon P. Stroop <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > s/ruby/any_language/ > > Why not learn both? As with spoken languages, knowing more than one makes > it easier for you to think at a higher level of abstraction and therefore a > better developer, and, as others have alluded to, will allow you to choose > the 'right tool [framework, library, etc] for the right job'. > > Plus, as Giarlo said, they're not really that different. > > ________________________________________ > From: Code for Libraries [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Chris > Fitzpatrick [[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Monday, July 29, 2013 1:39 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Python and Ruby > > One thing to factor in is that if you learn ruby you run the risk of > becoming one of those people who constantly talks,tweets,blogs, posts to > this mailing list about how great ruby is. This can have a very negative > impact on your work productivity. > > On Monday, July 29, 2013, Dana Pearson wrote: > > > Josh, > > > > I work exclusively with XSLT but specialize in metadata only no need for > > content display choices > > > > maybe a candidate for library programming language...XSLT 2.0 has useful > > analyze-string element to cover Roy's point > > > > by the way, Josh, live just down the road in Leeton > > > > regards, > > dana > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 12:04 PM, Roy Tennant <[log in to unmask] > <javascript:;>> > > wrote: > > > > > On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 9:57 AM, Peter Schlumpf < > [log in to unmask]<javascript:;> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > Imagine if the library community had its own programming/scripting > > > language, at least one that is domain relevant. > > > > What would it look like? > > > > > > Whatever else it had, it would have to have a sophisticated way to > > > inspect text for patterns -- that is, regular expressions. > > > Roy > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Dana Pearson > > dbpearsonmlis.com > > >