.... and so the PointBash language was created. Thanks, you've doomed us all. "C:\Dev-Code\zerodiv.pb [Warning] Expected period at end of `int i = x/0` add period and recompile.' 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/ > -- *Scott Turnbull* APTrust Technical Lead [log in to unmask] www.aptrust.org 678-379-9488