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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/ > > > > > >