PROGRAMMING : Ruby convert already?
I've only done one tutorial (RoR), read one book (pickaxe) and written two programs (started on the Mars Mission programming challenge, wrote an SQL 2XML2HTML thing for work), and I seem already to be hooked.
There are some things I'm not used to (why are local variables sometimes out of scope when calling methods?) but things like RubyGems, Rake and Ruby on Rails (RoR!) all turn me on ;-P
The only concerns I have are
There are some things I'm not used to (why are local variables sometimes out of scope when calling methods?) but things like RubyGems, Rake and Ruby on Rails (RoR!) all turn me on ;-P
The only concerns I have are
- Everyone keeps saying 'if this is too slow, use this native version of the library'; is ruby slow?
- It is possible to change the implementation of a method in any class at any time. This is not terribly safe, but it is one of the things that makes Ruby cool. How does one reconcile these opposing desires - has it already been fixed?
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Would love to have time to give it a go, but.... I still have to finish that damn thesis! My supe decided to ask for an extension from the uni 2 days after it was due, when we all knew about 3 months ago that getting the data (from local governments) was a b!tch. anyhow, still beavering away at that, but should be finished by mid-Jan. got the x-mas season to work on it now. yay.
Will be re-starting (continuing) my adventures in IT at uni next year, so I'll check it out then. Don't go anywhere I can't find you, OK?
cheers,
:-)
btw - using Firefox web browser - it kicks ass over Opera and Netscape (and don't have to mention IE). Everybody, use it now!
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