Glenn Smith
1/26/2006 8:59:00 PM
Last year I got into Ruby in a big way, and was using Rails on a daily
basis. Sadly "the company way" says Java, so Java it is.
Java has a lot of benefits - no so much the language itself, but the
available libraries. I seem to remember needing a decent graphing tool for
example, and there are plenty of choices out there for the Java programmer,
but relatively few for Ruby.
Unfortunately this is the downside of Ruby - fabulous language, beautifully
designed, and with a great community and some very dedicated people helping
it to survive and prosper, but it's a relatively small fish in a big ocean
and the big fish is Java right now. Still, Ruby-On-Rails more than anything
is pushing Ruby out to a wider audience, so there is hope.
On 26/01/06, James H. <james.herdman@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Knowing multiple languages never hurts. You'll find Java cumbersome,
> but useful. IMHO, it's the new C. By that I mean that you'll
> communicate ideas with Java, find it just about everywhere, and it'll
> put bread on the table for years to come.
>
> Besides, you have to know your enemy in order to defeat it =)
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All the best
Glenn
Aylesbury, UK