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Once you have committed your soul to visual Basic, there is no turning back. On Jul 30, 2013, at 9:07 AM, Joshua Welker <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > umad bro? ;) > > 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 Rich > Wenger > Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 9:22 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Python and Ruby > > 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/