I'm not sure about "boutique", but I bet I can define "brotique" for you. ;) 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/ > > > -- http://www.blar.net/kurt/blog/