Lennie DeVilliers
11/27/2003 2:54:00 PM
O' Sorry Im so use to top-posting as it part of the rule at our company.
Lennie De Villiers
-----Original Message-----
> From: Lennie DeVilliers [mailto:Lennie@kwikpay.co.za]
> Subject: Re: Ruby advertisement article [Computerwoche]
>
>
> Sorry guys, sent the message by mistake (Ctrl + Enter) before
> finnishing my
> comments.
>
> Ruby is an interpreter language, we're running it on a Linux
> server... I
> dont know if there's a compiler avialable (?) Actually that
> doesnt matter to
> me as Ruby runs very fast.
>
> >- Is it possible to create distributable binaries that don't require
> > a Ruby installation?
>
> Check code written 10/20 yrs ago! Code at that stage was COMPLETELLY
> unreadable.
> You can write obfuscate code in any programming language.
>
> >- Is it possible to obfuscate code so that it is no longer readable
> > (that question did come up elsewhere when C# was fresh and someone
> > wrote a tool that created quite readable C# code from CLI
> > instructions).
>
> I guest that depends on the business facts.
>
> >- How to deal with the choice between two licenses?
>
> Very! I wrote the server scripts on my MS Win 2000 PC and
> they ran without
> making *any* changes on our Linux server.
>
> >- How portable are Programs written in Ruby?
>
> For decades Perl & Python was use on Linux, Ruby isnt so old but in
> comparision with those I say Perl have the most docs, then Ruby, then
> Python.
>
> >- How does Ruby compare to Perl and Python in terms of availability
> > of libraries available books, other documentation and libraries?
>
> I once ported a C++ app over to a Ruby script, the script is
> running *much*
> faster in comparison.
> Even if its a interpreted language the speed isnt a question.
>
> >- Why switch from a compiled language to an interpreted language?
>
> Lennie De Villiers
>
wow!! this was the weirdest case of top-posting i've ever seen :-)
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have that $50 you borrowed?" Man, quit being so cheap! - Jack handy