Re^3: Perl to Ruby translator?

What the AM said ;-)

I've been learning Ruby on the side this year and it has been a most enjoyable process. Nice language. Well designed. Far fewer odd corners than Perl 5.

I'm seriously considering using it for some commercial work if the opportunity arises.

Only two downsides that I've encountered:

The lack of CPAN. RAA is nice but not quite at the same level of utility yet. However, for many applications all you need is there.
Speed. Its surprisingly slow. Again, not always a problem. Also, there is no real reason it won't get faster in time. It is, after all, just a trivial matter of programming :-)

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Re^4: Perl to Ruby translator? by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Oct 13, 2003 at 11:28 UTC
Now, just imagine Parrot has matured and we have both Ruby-over-Parrot and Ponie. Guess what..? ;) Makeshifts last the longest.	[reply]
Re: Perl to Ruby translator? by Abigail-II (Bishop) on Oct 13, 2003 at 11:38 UTC
Now, just imagine Parrot has matured and we have both Ruby-over-Parrot and Ponie. Guess what..? ;) By that time, I will be retired. Abigail	[reply]
Re^6: Perl to Ruby translator? by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Oct 13, 2003 at 11:48 UTC
Without knowing your age, that exclamation is meaningless. ;) Anyway, we're talking about Parrot here, which is progressing at far greater speeds than Perl6. Makeshifts last the longest.	[reply]
Re: Re^3: Perl to Ruby translator? by Anonymous Monk on Oct 11, 2003 at 22:26 UTC
I found the speed difference between ruby-1.6.7 and perl-5.6.1 to be about 50% in favor of perl. But perl-5.8.0 is about 50% slower (perlio defined this time), and ruby-1.8.0 is about that much faster, so the difference now is only a few percent.	[reply]
Re: Re: Re^3: Perl to Ruby translator? by adrianh (Chancellor) on Oct 11, 2003 at 22:44 UTC
I have not had the time to play with 1.8.0 yet. I stand corrected. (see - it was a trivial matter of programming ;-)	[reply]